Starshine Roshell is a journalism professor, magazine writer, award-winning columnist and overwhelmed mother of two.

Named for a song in the 1960s musical "Hair," in which her father starred, Starshine grew up in Los Angeles on the soap opera sets and in the Sunset Strip nightclubs where her parents worked.

She graduated UCLA cum laude and wrote for The Hollywood Reporter before joining the Santa Barbara News-Press as news reporter, theater and rock music critic, Sunday columnist and deputy features editor. She resigned with dozens of colleagues in 2006 over the publisher's breaches of journalistic ethics.

Her syndicated column won a first-place award from the California Newspaper Publisher's Association, and she has a second-place CNPA award for Business/Financial reporting.

Starshine lives in Santa Barbara with her husband John, a graphic artist, and their two sons.

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Recent columns:

February 2, 2012
The muffling of 'I love you'

January 19, 2012
Kristy McNichol is Gay

January 5, 2012
Your Child, Your Mouthpiece

December 22, 2011
Dear Santa

December 8, 2011
Urine for a Treat

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My Pantry's in a Bunch

Coach Charming

Thank-You Notes

Population Seriously Scary

Spousal Grousing

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