Thursday nights—when my dad met his boys for tennis at the 59th Street courts, followed by burgers and drinks at PJ Clark’s—the ladies gathered in the living room to talk about the breakdown of communication in their marriages, the insidious and daily oppression they felt, the depression and malaise in the absence of career or workplace engagement.
Author: Deirdre Mendoza
Deirdre Mendoza is an L.A.-based journalist, fiction writer and short form series creator. Her writing has been published in LA Weekly, Daily Variety, WWD, The Los Angeles Times and The Miami New Times. She is the proud mama of two feminists and teaches writing at colleges and universities in Southern California.