Author Archives: Whitney Collins

About Whitney Collins

Whitney Collins (@theunpoet) is the author of The Hamster Won't Die and Hank Is Dead. She is the creator of the humor sites errant parent and The Yellow Ham. Her writing appears on Salon, The Huffington Post, Glamour, McSweeney's, The Big Jewel, Loop, and The Barnes and Noble Book Blog among others. After last winter's wrath, and endless technology, she is spending 70 days this summer screen free: no computers, tablets, smartphones, or TVs. www.whitneycollins.com

Take My Hand Child, Come With Me: Saved By Classic Rock

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Whitney Collins

Whitney Collins was raised on classic rock…and by a surrogate older brother named Robert Plant. Continue reading →

Posted in Memoir | Tagged Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Robert Plant, The Rolling Stones, the Who, What Is And What Should Never Be | 11 Comments

Facebook: Where Wonder Goes to Die

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Whitney Collins

Whitney Collins decided to step away from social media for four full weeks. What happened next will change your life forever. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged Facebook, insanity, like this, memes, overdose, RTs, social media, Society, Twitter | 7 Comments

The Zen of Gen X: How We Went From Jaded to Sated

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Whitney Collins

A generation jaded at birth and raised on irony grew up to be pretty darned content. Isn’t that ironic? Don’t you think? Whitney Collins breaks down the Zen of Gen X. Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciations | Tagged acne, Baby Boomers, Generation X, Generation Y, get a job, Jordache, Millennials, MTV, Nickelodeon, smoking, Star Wars, Van Halen | 16 Comments

The Slutshaming Trend: An Open Letter

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Whitney Collins

In which Whitney Collins, in the wake of all the open letters to teen girls after the Miley Cyrus VMA brouhaha, writes an open letter to teen girls of her own. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged fortysomething mommy bloggers, Miley Cyrus, sluts, stop wearing flannel, teens, VMAs | 33 Comments

Power Trio: 3 Songs That Best Epitomize the 1980s

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Whitney Collins

To locate the true spirit of the 80s , we must look beyond Boy George and Cyndi Lauper to these less-obvious tracks. Continue reading →

Posted in Power Trio, Saturday Music | Tagged 80s, Billy Ocean, K.I.S.S., Sting, Teddy Ruxpin | 2 Comments

Power Trio: The 3 Best Songs For Parental Rebellion

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Whitney Collins

The wheels on the bus can only go round and round so many times before you have to pimp that ride. Continue reading →

Posted in Power Trio, Saturday Music | Tagged errant parent, Heart, hip hop, Music, parenting, Pink Floyd, rebellion, rock stars, Snoop Dogg | 5 Comments