Meredith Clark

Whether it’s a predisposition for anxiety, a job that makes you miserable or the effects of a major life event, bad dreams don’t have to ruin your life.

The Academy Awards have never been a true indicator of quality, but 2019’s ceremony will almost certainly reward artists who catered to the laziest fantasies of people who support “resistance” only as far as it is comfortable.

I don’t care if science says my dog is dumb, because I already know that she is. She’s afraid of paper bags, for Pete's sake. She’s snapped her nose in a mouse trap more than once. She runs from her leash no matter how badly she wants to go outside.
Fans of man’s best friend, though, erupted in fury over a study published recently in the journal "Learning & Behavior" that said that dogs aren’t “exceptional” when it comes to intelligence and cognition. The study’s authors looked at existing re...

Infidelity is common, but there's no "normal" way forward after a partner cheats.

Ivanka Trump announced on Tuesday that she would be shutting down her namesake fashion brand, from which she separated herself from after taking a position as a senior adviser in her father’s administration. “After 17 months in Washington, I do not know when or if I will ever return to the business, but I do know that my focus for the foreseeable future will be the work I am doing here in Washington,” Trump said in a statement given to the Wall Street Journal. “So making this decision now is ...

Bird Box wastes Sandra Bullock and a strong premise

Here's a tip: Cliches are not your friend.

On Sunday, after 55 years and a dozen incarnations, the star of Doctor Who will finally be a woman. It is a welcome and long overdue change, notwithstanding the online ravings of the same kinds of supposed fans (and Russian trolls) who could not abide female leads in the newest Star Wars movies. There’s a new showrunner, new writers and directors — and the Whovian universe promises to be more inclusive.
But is it even possible for the show to live up to the expectations and hopes of fans arou...

The events of the last year — the #MeToo movement and its exposure of rampant sexual harassment in the media and Hollywood, as well as accusations that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh assaulted a fellow high school-aged girl more than 30 years ago — have exposed just how little knowledge many men have about what women they know deal with in their lives.
For all that some men call themselves empathetic on the basis of being husbands and fathers — which the presence of Kavanaugh's daughte...

Nestled between a Buffalo wing place and a diner and right across the street from a Crunch gym on Flatbush Avenue, where the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Park Slope and Prospect Heights meet, there’s nothing outwardly special about Sharlene’s.

"The Purge" films are low-budget action movies for a mass audience that accidentally became the perfect political commentary for our garbage-fire age: Kind of stupid, desperate to survive and constantly stumbling upon some new horror dreamed up by the men in charge.

After actors at the Golden Globes committed to raising awareness about sexual misconduct and inequality – including wearing Time's Up pins on their somber outfits – the entertainment industry is again reeling from new allegations. In the last week alone, Aziz Ansari, James Franco and showrunner Dan Harmon, among others, have all faced allegations that have expanded the boundaries of what the #MeToo movement can be. We're no longer dealing only with serial predators like Harvey Weinstein or Ke...

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Picture this: you hurt yourself, and you go to the doctor to talk about knee surgery. What would you think if your doctor was required — by law — to tell you that the operation would increase your chance of bone cancer? Or that repairing your torn ligament would increase your risk of serious mental health problems?
You'd probably think something was very wrong. But, it turns out, doctors are legally obligated to lay out a list of medically dubious cons...

Thursday was another dark day for members of the journalism industry, when the billionaire owner of DNAInfo and Gothamist abruptly shuttered the network of websites. To add an extra sting to the news, reporters and editors in New York had voted to unionize only a week ago, the latest in a wave of digital newsrooms to organize for better working conditions and job security.
In a letter posted to the sites at 5 p.m., owner Joe Ricketts said that despite loyal audiences in several American citie...

I used to hate horror movies. Actually, it was more than hatred; if I ever tested myself, I felt a visceral, full-body reaction every night when I tried to sleep. After I saw The Strangers, I slept with the lights on in my bedroom for three weeks. I was 25 years old.
At some point, I just resigned myself to being one of those people who can’t handle scary things, who refuses to even listen to people talk about The Walking Dead. I thought I'd never be able to appreciate the visuals of giallo o...