by Lynn Lipinski | May 23, 2016 | Essays and Features, Personal
I thought human teen-dom was tough. My own experience of navigating mean girls, not having two Polo shirts to wear at the same time (80s kids called that doubling-up) and picking the wrong boy to kiss after school pale in comparison to the rites of passage nature...
by Lynn Lipinski | Jun 17, 2015 | Essays and Features, Los Angeles, Personal
There are more homeless people in Los Angeles in 2015 than there have been since the homeless census in 2007. The biennial homeless count, released in mid-May, reported a 16% increase in the number of men, women and children living on the streets or in shelters. And...
by Lynn Lipinski | Aug 13, 2013 | Essays and Features, Personal, Writing
Two minutes of running as a beginner and I was gasping for air. How did people run for a mile? I couldn’t make it around the block. I asked my fast-footed sister for advice. “You’ve got to slow your breathing down,” she said. I had no idea how...
by Lynn Lipinski | Jul 22, 2013 | Essays and Features, Personal
In my job at ICANN, I have the privilege of traveling around the world for our thrice-yearly meetings, and year-round I get to meet and work with people from every continent. The biggest barrier is typically and unsurprisingly language — my three years of high...
by Lynn Lipinski | Mar 16, 2011 | Essays and Features, Unsolicited advice
Japan’s 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami and nuclear plant explosions have prompted thousands of news segments and blog posts on risk. Here in Los Angeles, we’re being inundated with risk calculations from experts and officials on a variety of...