My road to Stockholm
Beth Stebner
Most great journeys start with a single step. Mine began in a sleepy part of Queens and more layovers than I would care to count.
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A blog of my musings, rantings, insights, observations, and such. Opinions are strictly my own.
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Goodbye to all that
Beth Stebner
Since my parents brought me several cardboard boxes full of my late grandmother's china over Christmas, I had piled them off to one corner, in part because I had nowhere to put them, but also because subconsciously I did not want to admit that my grandmother was gone. But after months of waiting, and in the wake of a new job, it was time to reconcile with the past.
Read MoreMean "Girls": My (many) issues with Lena Dunham as the voice of my generation
Beth Stebner
The ennui of my generation makes great fodder for artistic pursuits. It is not unlike the struggle of artists in 1960s Greenwich Village, or Hemingway’s Lost Generation, but while the Hannah Horvaths of the world are coming to terms with their financial realities, and the Shoshannah’s are dealing with wave of new emotions after losing their virginity, the one thing that “Girls” is missing is a higher goal. Not only that, it’s missing a pulse.
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