Kelsey McKinney

1 week ago | defector.com | Kelsey McKinney

A romantic comedy often opens with a scene where the protagonist demonstrates that she's not like other girls. In Legally Blonde, that's Reese Witherspoon slipping her freshly painted toenails into wedge heels with a heart on them, before she heads out to the date that will ruin all her plans. In Pride & Prejudice (2005), that's Keira Knightly reading while she walks outside, and returning home to her chaotic family.

2 weeks ago | defector.com | Kelsey McKinney

Welcome to Ask The Book Doctor, a recurring series about books and reading them. It's natural to fall out of reading simply because of circumstance. Every time I am on vacation, I devour books—put me on a plane, any plane, and I'll finish a book. But plop me back in my normal life where the shelves are dusty and the groceries need to be bought and my friends are going to a bar after work, and the appeal of picking up a book diminishes.

2 weeks ago | defector.com | Kelsey McKinney

Mia Scott is a menace to every team unlucky enough to face her. At third base, she's an immovable object and a nightmare for all right-handed batters. In the batter's box, she demonizes opposing pitching. Over the three games of the NCAA Softball World Series last week, Scott hit a whopping .529 with two home runs. In the third game of the WCWS, Scott came up to bat with the bases loaded and no outs, her Texas Longhorns already up 6-0.

3 weeks ago | defector.com | Kelsey McKinney

PHILADELPHIA — The Benham Brothers think they are very funny and very smart. They are 50-year-old tall, blonde, identical twins who have a series of scripted jokes that mostly amount to calling each other stupid and effeminate. They are not pastors, which is maybe why they are so bad at reading the Bible. I know because I watched them try this weekend. The Benham Brothers were the second speakers to go on stage this weekend at a Christian wealth conference called Life Surge.

4 weeks ago | defector.com | Kelsey McKinney

Welcome to Ask The Book Doctor, a new recurring series about books and reading them. My home is full of books. Because I am able to justify it as “supporting the local bookstore” and “keeping my own career afloat,” I am constantly buying books. I have four full bookshelves of fiction and three of non-fiction. There are two individual shelves of poetry and a shelf just for the collected works of Shakespeare.