I couldn’t wait to leave. That’s what I wrote on bio on this website after describing my charmed life growing up in small-town Wisconsin. And […]
Juneteenth
Many of us (me) are recognizing Juneneeth for the first time today. It seems so obvious that we should acknowledge the day everyone is America […]
A Foam Ball
Today my brain isa foam ball, squeeze when stressed outMotherfucking ouch Here is a list ofall the ways I am slippingNo, no, none of that […]
Now Act
I shared this on my social media last night (and in my family group text this morning), but I wanted to surface this article again […]
I was going to write about PFLAG and somehow it turned into another She-Ra post?
I’ve been paying attention to the PFLAG chapter in Door County for a year now — one of two LGBTQ organizations in the quiet county […]
A Good Thing
In September 2016, I was attending my cousin’s wedding in Minneapolis. It was the morning of the wedding and I was helping set up a […]
Rejuvenation
Rejuvenation this weekend looked like a mock-Alamo Drafthouse night with my friends, Gerry & Madeline — the only two people I’ve let into my social […]
Pulse
I’ll be honest, I keep crying today. And last night. I am functioning and ran errands and I’m dressed and I am fine, but also […]
When I Was Taught To Be A Woman
When I was taught to be a womanI was taught that we were equalI was taught that ‘make me a sandwich’ jokesWere funny because they […]
Louder For Those In The Back
“No matter how open-minded, socially conscious, anti-racist I think I am, I still have old, learned hidden biases that I need to examine. It is […]