Lifestyle Duana Names: Derby Girl Hi Duana, I hope you can help. I've recently signed up for a Fresh Meat Bootcamp hosted by the local roller derby. I've always thought roller derby looked really fun and cool, and would be quite the physical challenge since I'd never roller skated By Duana • Sep 22, 2014 01:39 pm
Equality Issues Shonda Rhimes and the Question Lord knows I am usually long-winded. But I am so anxious to have you read the article I just read that brevity is essential. On Friday morning, the NYT article about Shonda Rhimes was published. There was immediate outcry and, most tellingly, there were three or four tweets from Rhimes By Duana • Sep 22, 2014 11:26 am
Masters of Sex Morning Wood Got You Down? Masters Of Sex Season 2 Episode 11 recap Here lies the Cal-o-metric plotline. Not only is it clumsy and completely beside the point, but in this episode (as well as the last) we completely abandon the pretense that any of these Cal-O-Metric characters exist in the same world as Bill By Duana • Sep 22, 2014 10:48 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: The Little German Duana, please help!? My spouse and I are expecting our first child, a boy, in October. His family is German/Dutch and mine is German/British. The only thing we have agreed on is that we both would like to go the German route as our heritage is a big By Duana • Sep 19, 2014 01:11 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Trying not to be Those People Duana, The other day one of my girlfriends and I were talking about baby names and she was telling me that she is having a lot of trouble coming up with names. I absolutely love reading all of your posts and thought who could be better to ask than you! By Duana • Sep 17, 2014 12:14 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: For Lotte Hi Duana, So you'll probably want to punch me in the face over this. I kind of want to punch myself in the face. After some fertility challenges, we are proud parents to Charlotte (Lotte). (I know how you feel about that but don't trash me By Duana • Sep 15, 2014 12:09 pm
Masters of Sex Is Masters of Sex sexy? Masters Of Sex Season 2 Episode 10 recap Is it designed to be sexy? If it isn’t, is that the point of the show or a failing of the show? Because it’s not sexy to start off a show, or indeed a conversation of any kind, with talk By Duana • Sep 15, 2014 10:12 am
Lifestyle Four-legged Friday Hi Duana, A new four-legged friend joined our family this week and we are all in love. The problem? We can't agree on a name. Naming babies was easy compared to this ~ after all, there really were only two of us who had the final say ~ but now By Duana • Sep 12, 2014 12:20 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: His Name Is Rio… Hi Duana, My husband and I have one son, Rio, which was always my dream name and he was kind enough to let me have it. But now we want something that goes along with that for our upcoming daughter and are having a hard time coming up with anything. By Duana • Sep 10, 2014 02:22 pm
Keke Palmer Keke Palmer as Cinderella Keke Palmer’s first performance as Cinderella was last night. She is the first black Cinderella on Broadway, which is both awesome and way overdue. I’ve written here before about how charming I think Palmer is, and how effortlessly talented. She was so good as Coral on Masters Of By Duana • Sep 10, 2014 12:40 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: The Worst Trend Hi Duana, I'd love your input on something... During an acquaintance's recent pregnancy, she started referring on Facebook to her unborn baby girl as "Eljay" (her husband's name starts with an J and hers starts with an L). I thought this was By Duana • Sep 08, 2014 01:35 pm
Masters of Sex White Lies Masters Of Sex Season 2 Episode 9 recap It’s just because of Christian Borle. It’s just because of Christian Borle. I’m not starting to think about Smash, and how characters on that show used to tell each other great revelations about things instead of showing them, and By Duana • Sep 08, 2014 10:15 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Two Households, Both Alike In Dignity We're expecting our second child this fall (November). We have decided, like with our first, not to find out the gender of the baby. We are, however, in desperate need in baby name advice. Here is some background information to help you out. Background information 1: My husband By Duana • Sep 05, 2014 02:06 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Scarlett Johansson’s daughter Rose Let’s talk about the name Scarlett. In 1984, when Johansson was born, it was pretty rare. Like non-existent. Nobody had the name. I know what that’s like. But then, as Scarlett Johansson got more and more famous, and more and more...iconic...funny thing, the name Scarlett became By Duana • Sep 05, 2014 10:57 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: American Boy Hi Duana! I love love love all of your name nerd columns! And while I am not currently preggers, I have to ask you to back off the name Wolfgang. I totally want to use it for a little dude (if there ever is one) and don't want By Duana • Sep 04, 2014 09:16 am
TV Updates Allison Williams as Peter Pan I don’t hate it, you guys. I mean, what I remember most about earlier versions of Peter Pan - including the animated one, don’t laugh at me – is that his skin is so fresh and young and tight it’s about to burst off his face. We kind By Duana • Sep 03, 2014 03:54 pm
