Domenica Ruta

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Lizz Schumer |Domenica Ruta

It started like an illicit affair when Sonia slid into my DMs, suggesting we meet. I knew almost nothing about her, and could guess the things she’d heard about me from my ex were not flattering. Now I had the tools to track her across social media before deciding if I wanted to take her up on her offer. So I sniffed out her online footprints like an apex predator in the wild. The first thing I needed to know was if she was prettier than me.

Jan 5, 2024 | laparent.com | Domenica Ruta

I received my cancer diagnosis on an app. Let that sink in for a minute. My hospital network sent me a text message and I clicked on the link that unveiled my biopsy results: invasive ductal carcinoma. Terror rattled every cell in my body. My children played innocently in the living room. Looking at them, my vision blurred. I had to walk around with this sense of fear and cloudiness for weeks before my first appointment with a surgical oncologist. My partner and I were bursting with questions.

Jun 1, 2023 | nytimes.com | Domenica Ruta

Books|The Trouble With the Troubled Teen Industryhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/01/books/the-elissas-samantha-leach.htmlTHE ELISSAS: Three Girls, One Fate, and the Deadly Secrets of Suburbia, by Samantha LeachLike the Furies and the Fates of Greek mythology, the subjects of Samantha Leach’s “The Elissas”are troubled and troubling young women enacting a drama that feels both ancient and inevitable.