Laura Bennett
Slate
New York, NY, United States
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Past articles by Laura:
Dear Care and Feeding: My Husband Is Refusing to Take His Paid Paternity Leave, and I’m Furious
Parenting advice on paternity leave, picky eaters, and self-soothing. → Read More
I Miss You. I’m Worried About You. Get Out of My House.
For parents and children all across the country, this year brought too much distance—or not nearly enough. → Read More
“‘I Realized, I Need to Shut My Pie Hole’”: The Stay-at-Home Dad Who Hit a Breaking Point With His Teen Daughter
In quarantine, stay-at-home dad Shannon clashed with his teenage daughter, Genevieve. → Read More
“I Was Planning to Bury My Report Card": The Mom Whose Son Hated Remote School So Much, He Secretly Quit
Jack, 14, hated remote learning, so he stopped doing it. Then his mom found out. → Read More
“Dad. You Are a Party Person.”: The Daughter Who Has Been Worrying About Her Reckless Father All Year
Cory, 59, enjoys metal bands and raves in the desert. His daughter Taylor is tired of feeling like a parent. → Read More
“Once the Baby Got Here, I Apologized to You”: The Daughter Who Spent Her Pregnancy Quarantined With Her Parents
Kritika got pregnant at the beginning of quarantine—then moved in with her mom. → Read More
“Once the Baby Got Here, I Apologized to You”: The Daughter Who Spent Her Pregnancy Quarantined With Her Parents
Kritika got pregnant at the beginning of quarantine—then moved in with her mom. → Read More
“I’m Trapped in a House of Geeks”: A Very Dramatic Year in Quarantine With Three Parents and Two Teens
Kerry and her teenage kids Lily and Sam have been quarantined with Kerry’s wife and ex-husband—the kids’ dad, who is also gay and lives in the basement. → Read More
How the Doctor Who Went Viral for Disinfecting Groceries in March Feels About That Video Now
Dr. Jeffrey VanWingen in action. YouTube Back in March, shortly after nationwide lockdowns began, a video went viral that featured a genial Midwestern doctor sporting a ponytail and scrubs. “We have a dilemma in society that we need to eat to live, but we also need to get that food,” he said, from his pleasant, cream-colored kitchen. “And that getting of food is now risky.” Then he proceeded to… → Read More
What Was Your Last Night Out Before Lockdown?
From a burlesque striptease to a firehouse dinner, memories from right before everything changed. → Read More
Zoom Pranks on Professors, Wild PowerPoint Parties: What Happened When Campus Life Went Virtual
Students around the U.S. on how they’re re-creating campus life—academically and socially—from afar. → Read More
What’s It Like to Do Comedy at the Cellar?
Meet Marina Franklin, a stand-up comedian who has been working at the Cellar for a decade and a half. → Read More
What’s It Like to be a New Comedy Cellar Comic?
Meet Ian Fidance, a comic who was recently passed at the cellar. → Read More
How Does the Comedy Cellar’s Outside Steve Do His Job?
Meet Steve Fabricant, the man at the door of New York’s Comedy Cellar. → Read More
What’s It Like to Be a Server at the Comedy Cellar?
Meet Aaron Nystrup, a server and manager who has been working at the Cellar for 10 years. → Read More
What’s It Like to Book the Comedy Cellar?
Meet Estee Adoram, the Cellar’s legendary booker of 37 years. → Read More
What’s It Like to MC at the Comedy Cellar?
Meet Wil Sylvince, a regular MC at New York’s legendary Comedy Cellar. → Read More
How Does Comedy Cellar’s Owner Do His Job?
Meet Noam Dworman, the owner of New York’s legendary comedy club. → Read More
The Ugly Nihilism of Jerry Falwell Jr.’s Comments About Why It Doesn’t Matter if Trump Is Immoral
Even in light of his long-standing, loud support for Trump, Falwell’s latest comments are head-spinning. → Read More
A “Sleep Story” Writer for the Calm App Explains the Art of Boring People to Sleep
“I realized the python was gonna freak some people out when they are trying to drift off. So I had to edit out that snake.” → Read More