Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

Even though she’s one of the most important spies in American history, and even though she’s the most highly decorated female civilian of WWII, you’ve probably never heard of Virginia Hall. I mean, if you’re a history buff or a WWII aficionado or a member of the CIA (her story is on display at the...

It might seem like LGBTQ people are on level footing with cis folks these days, but during Pride month, it’s important not only to celebrate how far we’ve come towards equality, but also to highlight all of the spots where we definitely still have a long way to go. If you see something, say something...

There are a few problems with bumper stickers. First, the glue (they’re a b*tch to get off!). Second, sometimes our opinions are far less static than a sticker on our car (if you’ve seen someone still driving around with a Bush/Cheney sticker on their car, you know what I mean). Third, they can draw unwanted...

Since people have been driving cars, getting and having to change flat tires has been an inevitability. My own father made me learn how to do it myself, just in case, and even though I’ve never had to put that knowledge to use (knock on wood), changing a tire is thought of as a basic...

If you’re like me, you might have been raised to believe that putting ice or water in your whiskey was some kind of cardinal drinking sin. But science would definitely quibble with my Scots-Irish grandma on this point, because chemists have the scientific proof we need to back up the idea that water (or ice)...

The Very Hungry Caterpillar has been a staple in nurseries around the world since forever – well, actually since 50 years ago. It’s a gem of a picture book; I can say from experience that the book is endearing and gets kids’ eyes to light up with laughter with the turn of every single page....

It’s pretty well-known that media and Hollywood play up stereotypes for any number of reasons, and that when people travel and actually meet others from around the world face-to-face, those are easily dispelled. In these 15 cases, though, non-Americans were totally shocked to learn that the “crazy” thing they’d heard about the States was actually...

There’s a good chance you don’t think too long and hard about your toilet paper. I mean, as long as you have some, it does the job, and you don’t walk away with damp fingers or a sore tush, well…what else is there to consider, really? https://www.instagram.com/p/BxiNS1pAoIr/ Charmin thinks they know the question you never...

If you ask me, we don’t need a reason to avoid eating beef jerky, but given that the stuff still runs out of gas stations like hotcakes, clearly I’m in the minority. Maybe I won’t be, though, after you read this article. Or at least, maybe I shouldn’t be. NBC News has reported that processed...

For many, going to the circus is one of their fondest childhood memories. The animals, the excitement, the thrill, the popcorn – until accusations of animal cruelty put a damper on the whole thing. But aside from that, it’s easy to see why parents and children alike flock to those traveling, round tents year after...

Even though Dr. Who, the Ocean’s cast, and Ghostbusters have all been rebooted with women at the center (and Wonder Woman was, arguably, one of the best superhero movies to come out in recent memory), male comic book nerds continue to flip out about gender-flipped heroes (and villains). Case in point: writer Geraldine DeRuite jokingly...

Being a parent is not for the faint of heart, and getting through puberty and the teen years with kids takes a special kind of mettle. Dads of daughters will find themselves entrenched in a battle against body image that they aren’t prepared for and really have no way of understanding before it hits them...

We all have that Insta or Tumblr or Twitter account that we follow because, in a world of people speaking truth to power, fighting for rights that are slipping away by the day and advocating for people whose voices are lost, sometimes we need to check in on an account that makes us feel unequivocally...

Women won the right to vote when the 19th Amendment was finally ratified on August 18th, 1920 (it was passed by congress on June 4th, 1919). We weren’t the last country in the civilized world to encode the right in law, but we were far from the first, and there’s no denying it was an...

If you’ve ever wanted to combine being in public but being as comfortable as you are in front of Netflix at home, well, this new Swiss cinema has your back. If, like me, you can barely stay awake for a thirty-minute comedy, this might not work out well in the end (but I would undoubtedly...