The research is in. Video dates are mind-numbing and gross. — If you lived through the quarantine years single, you might still be recovering from VDT — video date trauma. We tried to treat them like real dates. We made fruity cocktails, adjusted our ring lights, and remembered to wear pants in case the camera angle changed. Unfortunately, most people reported…

Will history repeat with AI-generated art? — In 1882, when Oscar Wilde arrived in America, he was asked the usual question by customs officials — "Do you have anything to declare?" Wilde dryly quipped, "I have nothing to declare but my genius." Cheeky as his response may have been, Wilde's genius was not exactly recognized yet. He…

She's white. She's black. She's male. She's female. She's kind. She's mean. And she is utterly terrifying. — Carl Jung would have had some theories on why Disney's recent adaptation of The Little Mermaid has your racist uncle's truck balls in a twist. According to Jungian theory, men have an unconscious feminine side called the anima. Jung believed that men who repress their feminine side are doomed to…

I can’t believe I am writing part 2, but here we are… — I was busy writing when my daughter screamed, “Mom, I got my period, and my vagina is buuuuurning!” You can bet I leaped into action. “Yeah, yeah, settle down, you little banshee. Mommy is trying to write.” “No, Mom. I mean it. My vagina is really burning! I think it’s…

Steal these entertaining tips from parties so risqué they made the history books. — Warning: These party tips are not the Martha Stewart variety. Or at least not the Martha Stewart the public knows today. Before Ms. Stewart became famous for tea cakes and table settings, that little minx threw sex-themed parties in her Westport estate in Turkey Hill. We can only imagine the…

Corsets were not the torture devices of Hollywood. — In Bridgerton's sequel, Queen Charlotte, a young Charlotte complains that her whalebone corset is so tight that it might impale her. Then there is the scene that punctuates many period dramas. A young lass is grabbing a bedpost and wincing in pain as her maid yanks the laces of her…

Let’s take Benjamin Franklin’s advice and “Fart Proudly.” — It should surprise no one that the oldest recorded joke in history is a fart joke. It reads: “Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband’s lap.” Hmmmm. I am not exactly chuckling, but I am clenching my sphincter. While this…

A.I. will create a top-heavy economy that bars the door to new talent. Gen Z should get prepared. — If you are one of those rare curious souls who still enjoys seeing humanity through the shrouded veil of history, come with me on a time travel journey… The year is 1466. You step into Andrea del Verrocchio’s artist’s workshop — the Bottega. Your nose stings as it breathes in…

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act protects trolls who post fake videos and photos on social media. Here's why A.I. is about to make that a much bigger problem. — When I paid a professional photographer to create a headshot for my last book launch, I never imagined my copyrighted photo could be doctored and posted on social media without my permission. But this is the Wellsian world we created.