Byline: Mia Mann-Shafir

I Only Want to Go Camping with People Who Hate Camping

The difficulty of being Into things when your mother is, too.

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STAY IN YO LANE, they tell you— the Defense Against Change mission

Forests are burning, the air is filthying, and Miley Cyrus has gone slutty. The world is changing, things are out of control. As a people, we stand at the ready: Conservation, Preservation – these are our civil duties. To support … Read More

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On Umwelt: Experience as a Shapeable Thing

What if we can find control over our experience of the world just by shifting our attention?

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On the Prowl for Some Geriarchs

Until The Nassau Weekly’s expiration date, Mia Mann-Shafir needs an octogenarian.

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Reigning Friendship

Another Nass writer challenges the supremacy of romance and chats about her friends

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A Yoga Ashram, Donna Tart’s The Secret History, and Discobitch’s C’est Beau la Bourgeoisie

In high school I once wore my Pitbulls for Obama t-shirt (turned muscle tank) — which depicts three pitbulls, a speech bubble attached to one of them, saying “we don’t need no stinking lipstick”…

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Wedgie Between My Toes

An ode to the shoe that’s dividing opinions—and toes.

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