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“Mom, what was the internet like when you were a kid?”

My first email address was SpookysGrl@aol.com. I don’t remember exactly what year I set it up but it was definitely when the X-Files aired…

Aug 7, 2019

“Mom, what was the internet like when you were a kid?”

Aug 7, 2019

Unpopular Opinion: Liking things and people is good.

Paul is alive! And so am I. Realizations from a recovering hater.

Jun 13, 2019

Unpopular Opinion: Liking things and people is good.

Jun 13, 2019

A public apology to the mothers of sick children whom I doubted

At my previous job, where I was carefree and had no children, I worked with a woman who, to my eyes, took a lot of time off for her sick…

Jan 11, 2019

A public apology to the mothers of sick children whom I doubted

Jan 11, 2019

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Yes, the Media Still Matters

Journalism experts on the era of ‘fake news’ — and what lies ahead

Jun 12, 2018

Yes, the Media Still Matters

Jun 12, 2018

My disgusting old Kate Spade pencil case and why I love it

When a bag is a memory.

Jun 6, 2018

My disgusting old Kate Spade pencil case and why I love it

Jun 6, 2018

Bridgeport, Chicago: 1948–1959

A few weeks ago I performed at the Frunchroom reading series on the far south Chicago neighborhood of Beverly, which focuses on south side…

May 5, 2018

Bridgeport, Chicago: 1948–1959

May 5, 2018

A goodbye to wine

Never say never. That’s the lessons I learned from the pigeon in “An American Tail,” so this may be more of a break than a breakup. But I’m…

Nov 7, 2017

A goodbye to wine

Nov 7, 2017

A goodbye to wine

Never say never. That’s the lessons I learned from the pigeon in “An American Tail,” so this may be more of a break than a breakup. But I’m…

Nov 7, 2017

A goodbye to wine

Nov 7, 2017

The NFL: Is the enemy of my enemy my friend?

I watched the Bears game yesterday, on purpose, for the first time in a few years.

Sep 25, 2017

The NFL: Is the enemy of my enemy my friend?

Sep 25, 2017

Are you ready for parenthood? A quiz for couples on the precipice.

According to the CDC, American parents are waiting longer to have children. If you and your spouse are trying to decide whether a family or…

Sep 12, 2017

Sep 12, 2017

My 2017 Amy Krouse Rosenthal story

On Saturday my friends Justin Kaufmann, Mark Bazer, John Green, Steve Delahoyde and I performed at a memorial commemorating our late friend…

Jul 10, 2017

My 2017 Amy Krouse Rosenthal story

Jul 10, 2017

Did you inexplicably find yourself baking something cute for July 4th?

I am not a baker. I used to have fantasies about being a baking woman, who just had a cake around in case somebody showed up (when does…

Jul 5, 2017

Did you inexplicably find yourself baking something cute for July 4th?

Jul 5, 2017

They should include men in People Magazine’s “What I Eat In A Day.”

Facts about me:

Jun 26, 2017

They should include men in People Magazine’s “What I Eat In A Day.”

Jun 26, 2017

War-a-Lago: My post-Trump television show pitch

I’ve always had a little tiny piece of prepper in me. Some of it is living in tornado country — when I was a kid there were a few times we…

Jan 30, 2017

War-a-Lago: My post-Trump television show pitch

Jan 30, 2017

RIP TMLMTBGB?

I was shocked to read earlier this week that it was recently announced that the long-running Neo-Futurists show “Too Much Light Makes The…

Dec 7, 2016

RIP TMLMTBGB?

Dec 7, 2016

How a small dog helped me get over my post-election angst and look forward to the holidays

Three weeks ago I slept in a vacation house with bedbugs and it was the kind of experience where I’m going back to friends who dealt with…

Nov 23, 2016

How a small dog helped me get over my post-election angst and look forward to the holidays

Nov 23, 2016

List: Reasons Brad and Angelina broke up, according to most marriages I know

All the times Angelina asked Brad to do the dishes and he sniped back that he did do dishes, while she simmered in anger because filling up…

Sep 22, 2016

List: Reasons Brad and Angelina broke up, according to most marriages I know

Sep 22, 2016

Are you with her? Then walk the walk and don’t just talk the talk.

This is going to make some relatives and other friends of the family unhappy but I have to assume that they will forgive me in time or…

Sep 22, 2016

Are you with her? Then walk the walk and don’t just talk the talk.

Sep 22, 2016

My Bill Clinton-esque long story about how I met my spouse, or, when the internet was young.

In 2002 the Internet was a different place than it is today. There was no Youtube, Gmail, Facebook, or Twitter. Amazon was pretty much just…

Jul 29, 2016

My Bill Clinton-esque long story about how I met my spouse, or, when the internet was young.

Jul 29, 2016

Jealousy works the opposite of the way you want it to — but what does that even mean?

First some business: I contributed four items to Chicago magazine’s 2016 Best of Chicago issue. They include best places to get hair…

Jul 12, 2016

Jealousy works the opposite of the way you want it to — but what does that even mean?

Jul 12, 2016

Claire Zulkey

Claire Zulkey

Chicago-area writer with bylines in the New York Times, Atlantic, and Wall Street Journal. Author of 2 books for young people; mother of 2 actual young people.

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