Rebecca BodenheimerThe joy and despair of CubaI went back to Cuba last month for the first time in nearly 5 years. It was the biggest gap in my Cuba travels since I first visited the…9 min read·Jan 18, 2024--1--1
Rebecca BodenheimerBig Night and my 25-year love affair with Italy’s food culture25 years ago, the film Big Night came out — a love letter from Stanley Tucci to Italian cuisine and a culture obsessed with eating and…·9 min read·Oct 30, 2021----
Rebecca BodenheimerA request on Mother’s Day: Stop shaming us for needing a breakLeading up to this Mother’s Day, I’m feeling the incredible weight of these last 14 months of parenting. I’m so fucking tired. I…·4 min read·May 9, 2021--1--1
Rebecca BodenheimerA progressive parent’s rant about the politics surrounding school reopeningI think we’re at a crucial point in this debate on school reopening right now. Case rates are dropping quickly, the surge is over, and…·11 min read·Feb 12, 2021--96--96
Rebecca BodenheimerMessage to Bernie supporters from a Warren supporter: Tread lightlyOn Super Tuesday, I worked the polls for over 15 hours in Oakland, California. At 9:30pm, I headed home, exhausted and starving, only to…·7 min read·Mar 10, 2020----
Rebecca BodenheimerinThe Bold Italic‘The Last Black Man in San Francisco’ and My Love-Hate Relationship with My HometownThe film brings up the complicated emotions many natives have about their beloved city·8 min read·Jun 18, 2019--10--10
Rebecca BodenheimerAcademia is not a meritocracy…and other lessons I’ve learned as a scholar abandoned by the academySomeone (probably on Twitter) once said that academia is like a bad relationship where the aspiring academic gives and gives and never gets…·14 min read·May 11, 2018--9--9
Rebecca BodenheimerChristine Quinn’s “unqualified lesbian” comment reinforces bi erasureFormer New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn sent the internet into a tailspin earlier this week when she labeled actress and newly…·3 min read·Mar 22, 2018----
Rebecca BodenheimerErykah Badu’s Live is 20 Years OldRarely does a live concert album match the brilliance and popularity of a studio album, but that’s what Erykah Badu’s Live did when it was…2 min read·Nov 18, 2017----
Rebecca BodenheimerLemonade was ghettoized at the GrammysBefore you read my take, go read these pieces by Dr. Brittney Cooper…4 min read·Feb 15, 2017----