As I’ve gotten older, I’ve progressively posted less and less about my personal life on the internet. Over the past five years, I’ve grown immensely—I am no longer the scared, frustrated young student posting about gender inequality because no one would listen when I actually spoke about it. While much
Read MoreI don’t think I would’ve had crushes as a child if my friends hadn’t made it seem like a necessary part of a social life. When you’re an eight-year-old assumed-cis-girl and you walk home with your neighbors every day, you learn pretty quickly that even if your idea of “liking”
Read MoreWhen I was an undergrad running with the jazz boys, no one wanted to sleep with me. …Yeah, I didn’t know how to start this one, either. For all my work addressing sexual assault, I actually don’t spend all that much time dealing with sex. (I tend to leave that
Read MoreIn my last week in Santa Clarita, I was constantly running between packing my life and buying boxes and sorting out the tail end of our utilities and setting up mail forwarding and, in the approximately ten minutes I had left, spending time with as many of my friends as
Read MoreIf you’re reading this, you asked me for resources at an inopportune or inappropriate time. In the future, do your own work. But here’s your damn list.
Read MoreThe sign on my refrigerator says, “LEAD WITH LOVE.” Let’s talk about what that means in a compassion-led practice.
Read MoreI talk a lot about my relationships with men. I don’t talk as much about my relationships with women, partly because some spring from coercive solidarity.
Read MoreI’m reading Chanel Miller’s memoir, Know My Name, and I don’t know what music to listen to. What goes along with a tale like hers?
Read MoreAs I’m transitioning from being a full-time student to a professional, I’m reflecting on how my vulnerability shapes my creative practice—and vice versa.
Read MoreTW: sexual assault. I didn’t mean to write a piece about Schrödinger’s rapist. But then I did, so let’s talk about it.
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