Jenny Singer is a freelance writer with pieces in Vox, the Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, Teen Vogue, and more. She was previously a staff writer at Glamour and the Forward, and she’s currently getting an MFA in nonfiction writing at the University of Iowa.
Jenny Singer
By Jenny Singer
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The Schmooze Alyssa Milano, Jason Mraz, Nicole Richie Offer Tentative Support To Mariane Williamson
“You have harnessed fear for political purposes and only love can cast that out,” Marianne Williamson declared in the first round of presidential debate, addressing President Donald Trump. A handful of celebrities of slightly dubious standing have heard that call — TV star and activist Alyssa Milano, it-gal Nicole Richie, and pop-folk artist Jason Mraz….
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The Schmooze A Prestige ‘Gossip Girl’ Reboot Is Coming To Television
Guess who’s back, back? Back again-gain? The tweens and teens who watch the reboot of “Gossip Girl” when it airs on WarnerMedia’s new streaming service won’t know that reference, that’s for sure. “Gossip Girl,” the teen soap opera about fabulously wealthy, criminally under-parented Upper East Side high schoolers and their tragically upper middle class friends,…
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The Schmooze Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach To Write Warner Bros. ‘Barbie’ Movie…About Solipsism?
Life in plastic is fantastic. Life in a muted, almost under-water environment where rich people with treatable psychiatric problems live lives of attractive nihilism is also very good. Such we shall likely see in the long-awaited “Barbie” movie, which signed filmmakers Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach as co-writers this week, The Hollywood Reporter announced this…
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The Schmooze From ‘GoT’ To ‘Maisel’ To ‘Kominsky,’ Jews Dominate The 2019 Emmy Nominations
The golden age of television continues to beat down on us mercilessly, like the sun on a particularly glorious day of global warming. The comedy is cutting-edge, the drama is devastating, and the darkly comic, Talmudic, Kabbalist-influenced prestige series is…popular? A veritable kehillah of Jewish creators, actors, and more are up for awards at the…
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The Schmooze Billy Eichner Hissing Neurotically Before Meeting Meghan Markle Is All Of Us
The benediction — “May you live in interesting times” — often feels like a curse. We’re certainly living in a time of seemingly limitless suffering, when the world is slowly becoming uninhabitable, and one in eight men think they could win a point against Serena Williams. But we’re also living in a time when two…
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The Schmooze Katz’s Deli Had A ‘When Harry Met Sally’ Fake Orgasm Contest. Here Are The Photos.
“Have I ever faked an orgasm? Yes, of course. I spent most of my 20s faking orgasms,” 32-year-old reporter Georgette Culley told the New York Post on Friday, a comment that would make millions of women say “Ah” in recognition (but probably not “AhhhhhhhhAHHhhhh”). Culley joined a group of pleasure-seekers who congregated at Katz’s Deli…
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The Schmooze Pink’s Powerful Defense For Letting Her Kids Play At Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial
“Pink” — it’s actually a common Jewish name! Just not a common first name. The 39-year-old artist Pink (she named herself after a Steve Buschemi character, for what it’s worth) vacationed with her family in Berlin, where they visited the Berlin Cathedral, and the singer enjoyed a mixology class. The singer and her husband, motocross…
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The Schmooze Gal Gadot Will Star In The Biggest Movie Netflix Has Ever Made
Where in the world is Gal Gadot? While we shuffle through icy A/C-filled theaters this summer, filling time before her long-awaited return as “Wonder Woman,” our girl Gal has casually signed on to star in what seems to be the biggest movie Netflix has ever made. The Israeli 34-year-old will star in “Red Notice,” alongside…
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