Sheerly Avni

Homefront: A new column about life during wartime

Billboards for Saddam, solace from the folks at Apocalypse-R-Us, plus one woman's story of running into enraged war supporters in the Catskills.

Sheerly Avni and Suzy Hansen Thursday, Mar 20, 2003 11:03 PM UTC
Life

A very few good men

Andrew Hacker talks about his new book "Mismatch" and why women are so fed up with the opposite sex.

Sheerly Avni Wednesday, Mar 12, 2003 10:10 PM UTC
Life

Couch surfing

She found her Dr. Feelgood once. But do you ever get a second one?

Sheerly Avni Monday, Mar 10, 2003 8:36 PM UTC
Life

Who wants to be married by America?

Fox's latest reality installment invites us to participate in an orgy of vanilla heterophilia.

Sheerly Avni Wednesday, Mar 5, 2003 12:19 AM UTC
Life Coupling

Goodbye, Evan and Zora! (We mean it this time)

An unfortunate final "Joe Millionaire" offers one last opportunity to marvel at our heroes and their remarkable lack of chemistry.

Sheerly Avni Tuesday, Feb 25, 2003 3:02 PM UTC
Life Reality TV

I want my two hours back

After weeks of foreplay on "Joe Millionaire," Fox promised us a twist -- but gave us a Hollywood ending instead.

Sheerly Avni Tuesday, Feb 18, 2003 4:46 PM UTC
Life

After 10 years chronicling the lives of teenagers in the Bronx, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc talks about inner-city hopelessness and the hypocrisy of family-values conservatives who ask poor people to abandon their families.

Sheerly Avni Tuesday, Feb 11, 2003 7:51 PM UTC
Life

Countdown to armagettin’ some

On the next-to-last episode of "Joe Millionaire," two of the three babes put out (apparently), but one gets dumped anyway. Visigoths invade NYC -- news, pix at 11.

Sheerly Avni Wednesday, Feb 5, 2003 8:24 PM UTC
Life Reality TV

He lost his Mojo

Joe Millionaire says goodbye to the show's biggest psycho -- and only true romantic.

Sheerly Avni Wednesday, Jan 29, 2003 8:08 PM UTC
Life Reality TV

Reproductive rights

American women take their right to an abortion for granted. They shouldn't anymore.

Sheerly Avni Wednesday, Jan 22, 2003 8:33 PM UTC
Life Abortion, Privacy

NARAL by any other name

The reproductive rights movement's shift in emphasis from "abortion" to "choice" is a shrewd marketing move, says a top branding expert.

Sheerly Avni Wednesday, Jan 15, 2003 8:03 PM UTC
Life

Unwedded bliss

One of the founders of the Alternatives to Marriage Project talks about the deep-seated American fear that shacking up will lead to the fall of Western civilization.

Sheerly Avni Friday, Jan 10, 2003 8:30 PM UTC
Life Coupling

TV does the darndest things

The 10 moments that defined American television in 2002. Not necessarily in a good way.

Sheerly Avni Thursday, Dec 26, 2002 9:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Curb Your Enthusiasm, 24

The unkindest cut

People who repeatedly go under the knife to fix imagined imperfections may need shrinks, not plastic surgeons, warns an expert on a little-known disorder.

Sheerly Avni Wednesday, Dec 18, 2002 8:05 PM UTC
Life

Ben Affleck sexy?

Sorry, People: The guy who took the sizzle out of sex with a lesbian in "Chasing Amy" is just a bland everyman -- even if he is dating J.Lo.

Sheerly Avni Friday, Nov 22, 2002 1:38 AM UTC
Life Sex, Jennifer Lopez, Love and Sex

Jam Master Jay, 1965-2002

The pioneering DJ of Run-DMC was a godfather of '80s Adidas rap-rock -- but he was no thug.

Sheerly Avni Friday, Nov 1, 2002 8:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Music

One nation, under the gun

The gun lobby has helped arm countless psychos. And now it's expanding its market to kids.

Sheerly Avni Friday, Nov 1, 2002 10:24 AM UTC
Life

Ecstasy begets empathy

Psychiatrist and drug researcher Dr. Charles Grob sees value in MDMA -- when it's taken in therapy, not at a rave.

Sheerly Avni Thursday, Sep 12, 2002 7:13 PM UTC
Life

Seek, and ye shall find

Passover is the Jewish day of remembrance. I forgot. But I rebounded with a sober yoga vegan Seder.

Sheerly Avni Tuesday, Apr 2, 2002 8:33 PM UTC
Life Religion, Middle East

I was a hired thug for tough love

For two years, I led wilderness trips for teenagers who had been begged, bribed, tricked and sometimes physically dragged from their beds to get to us. And, yes, I can still sleep at night.

Sheerly Avni Wednesday, Aug 30, 2000 7:00 PM UTC
Life

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