MINTZ: In defense of Leslie Knope
If you are a person who lives in this world, you know who Amy Poehler is and you know that she is a genius. You know that she made her way from doing improvisational comedy in New York City to hosting...
View ArticleMINTZ: There are no “strong female characters”
Among my friends and family, I am known as The Feminist and I am proud of it. I am the girl who will derail a discussion at the dinner table if my dad says something about traditional gender roles, and...
View ArticleMINTZ: Study finds anorexia born out of habit
I said a few weeks ago that I would never write about my eating disorder again, but sometimes fate intervenes when you least expect it — like when I made an earnest pledge to stop giving anorexia and...
View ArticleMINTZ: Medication for mental illness is perfectly okay
As college students, we know what it’s like to be overworked. We know what it’s like to sit with our head in our hands wondering when the deluge of assignments is going to slow down. My friends and I...
View ArticleMINTZ: “Anna Rexia” isn’t a joke
Whatever the reason may be, we as a society love horribly offensive Halloween costumes almost as much as we love sexy Halloween costumes. Take, for example, Wal-Mart’s Israeli Soldier costume for kids....
View ArticleMINTZ: Billboard’s North West tweet far more disgusting than a sex tape
Billboard made a bad joke on Oct. 30 and the Internet lit up in collective ire. It started when a paparazzi video of Kim Kardashian West and her daughter North was released to the public. In the video,...
View ArticleMINTZ: My love for storytelling
When I was seven years old, I started writing my first book. I don’t even remember what it was about, but I do remember the “about the author” section that came at the end. “Casey Mintz is a beautiful,...
View ArticleMINTZ: Maybe I am hard to love
Sometimes I feel as if I am hard to love. The old adage goes that relationships are about compromise. But as someone who is bipolar, I often find compromise hard to find. There are times of stability,...
View ArticleMINTZ: What makes a best friend?
It has been pointed out to me that I call a lot of people “my best friend.” I call my mom and sister my best friends. I call the seven girls from high school who complete my trips home for the holidays...
View ArticleMINTZ: In which I abandon the worst parts of my life
Before a couple of days ago, if you were to ask me: “Casey, what’s your favorite book?” I would have answered without hesitation a book called “Wasted” by the journalist and author Marya Hornbacher....
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