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 […]
There’s Not A List Of Rules
I am borrowing other’s words more and more as I try to listen and learn and care more about learning the right thing rather than […]
#SorryNatalie
My friends used to have this tag on Tumblr posts — #sorrynatalie — that they’d use any time there was any critique of Harry Potter. […]
Calling Out My Reading List
I took a look at my reading list so far this year to see how many books I’d read by Black authors. I’ve read 42 […]
More Than The Price Of Honor
A little bit of personal joy to share in a storm of a week (year). It’s no secret that I love fanfiction and I cut […]
Solidarity
I first saw Billy Elliot performed in London in June of 2010. I was with my mom on a post-high school graduation trip, and on […]
#SayHerName
Breonna Taylor. Today would’ve been her 27th birthday. She’s a year younger than me. The officers who killed her have not been arrested. If you […]