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Vivian Manning-Schaffel

Journalist. Essayist. Editor. Rumpshaker.

November 25, 2024

Should I Be Home Or Something?

by Vivian Manning-Schaffel in Oldster


I’m 56, not dead. Why is going out at night now considered a Herculean feat?

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TAGS: Journalism


October 18, 2024

How Much Do You Know About Menopause?

by Vivian Manning-Schaffel in The Meteor


A new documentary might teach you things about your own body that your doctor won’t.

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TAGS: Health, Journalism, Women


August 26, 2024

Are You Paralyzed by Money Anxiety?

by Vivian Manning-Schaffel in Oprah Daily


If bills and budgeting make you want to bury your head in the sand, you might be what experts call “financially frozen.” Here’s how to take action and regain control.

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TAGS: Journalism, Women, Health


July 29, 2024

The Semi-Egalitarian Sex Life of Elaine Benes

by Vivian Manning-Schaffel in Oldster


Looking back, Elaine’s sexual freedom was one of the best things about Seinfeld.

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TAGS: Journalism, Women, Culture, Comedy


June 17, 2024

Do you get mysterious seasonal headaches? Blame weather whiplash

by Vivian Manning-Schaffel in Los Angeles Times


Barometric pressure (and a touch of “seasonal suffering”) could be to blame for our aches and pains.

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TAGS: Health, Journalism


June 7, 2024

With His First Documentary, Andrew McCarthy Takes Back the 'Brat Pack' Narrative

by Vivian Manning-Schaffel in Cultured Mag


The multi-hyphenate star revisits the hype and hysteria of the ‘80s moniker that has followed him until now—with a little help from his friends.

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TAGS: Celebrity, Journalism


April 15, 2024

Matawana Is Brooklyn’s First Black Woman–Owned Dispensary

by Vivian Manning-Schaffel in The Cut


In February, Leeann Mata became the first Black woman to own a dispensary in her native Brooklyn with the opening of Matawana on 14th Street and Fifth Avenue in Park Slope.

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TAGS: Journalism, Women


April 15, 2024

My 17-year-old Honda, Broomhilda, met a tragic end. Why do we grieve when our cars die?

by Vivian Manning-Schaffel in Los Angeles Times


Our 17-year-old Honda CR-V (affectionately dubbed “Broomhilda”) met her tragic, premature demise last summer when a deer bolted out of neighboring woods, straight into her hood.

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TAGS: Journalism, Culture


March 21, 2024

A Gen Xer and a Millennial Walk into a Bar

by Vivian Manning-Schaffel in Oprah Daily


The data has caught up with what three sets of intergenerational besties already know: Big age gaps between friends bring big mental health benefits.

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TAGS: Journalism, Women, Culture


January 31, 2024

For Gen X-ers, Boredom Is a Luxury

by Vivian Manning-Schaffel in Dame


Once dismissed as the “slacker generation,” Gen X is struggling in middle age to balance endless, full-time work with caretaking both their parents and their children.

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TAGS: Journalism, Women, Health


January 2, 2024

Henry Louis Gates Jr. Talks Finding His Roots

by Vivian Manning-Schaffel in Shondaland


The “Finding Your Roots” host shares how he went from being a kid history buff to a revered academic to the gentleman who tells you (literally) about yourself. Published in Shondaland

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TAGS: Interview, Journalism


December 1, 2023

1982: Avalon, Roxy Music from the SIXTYEIGHT2OHFIVE A Playlist Project

by Vivian Manning-Schaffel in 68to05


Exploring the album Avalon by Roxy Music as part of Hanif Abdurraqib's 68to05 project.

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TAGS: Music, Journalism


January 11, 2023

The Suburban Identity Crisis Is Real

by Vivian Manning-Schaffel in The Cut


 
 

Fleishman Is In Trouble mirrors my suburban identity crisis.

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TAGS: Journalism


January 24, 2017

Four Feminists Recall Life Before and After ‘Roe v. Wade

by Vivian Manning-Schaffel in Dame


 
 
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It's been 44 years since SCOTUS legalized abortion—now we have an administration eager to repeal the decision. We spoke with women who remember well the dangers of life before it.

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TAGS: Health, Journalism


May 31, 2013

Watch!, June-July 2013

by Vivian Manning-Schaffel


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TAGS: Beauty, Celebrity, Features, Journalism


May 2, 2013

Working Mother

by Vivian Manning-Schaffel


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TAGS: Working Mother, Journalism, Moms, Online, Parenting, Print



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