Merissa Nathan Gerson Merissa Nathan Gerson lives, writes and works in New Orleans, where she is Professor of Communication at Tulane University. She is the author of “Forget Prayers, Bring Cake: A Single Woman's Guide to Grieving,” was a consultant on the Amazon series “Transparent” and founded KenMeansYes.org to address the need for consent education in Jewish spaces. Recent Stories Dec 5, 2022 At CJM, a dense (and very pink) tapestry of joy and pain