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What Re-Reading Classics Can Tell Us About OurselvesGetting Over HeathcliffMar 31, 20212Mar 31, 20212
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MAN! I feel like a womanTo my fifteen-year anniversary with internet misogynyMar 13, 20215Mar 13, 20215
Missing an Old Hookup? Give Yourself the Ick.A few weeks ago, I watched a friend scroll Instagram until she settled on a low-gradient image. She stared intently at the photo, eyes…Feb 19, 20212Feb 19, 20212
Did You Have Sex-Ed or Did You Have Pam Stenzel?Reckoning with Abstinence Education’s Shame CultureFeb 5, 20212Feb 5, 20212
This is Exactly Who We’ve Always BeenThis week’s been bursting with politicians’ tired takes claiming “this isn’t who we are.” Oh, that cliched phrase of American…Jan 8, 20211Jan 8, 20211
How to Keep the Internet from Ruining Your Life When You Can’t Opt OutI seem to be permanently online lately — I type all day in this hellscape, and I also can not and do not want to abstain from memes. So…Jan 4, 2021Jan 4, 2021
The Best Docuseries of 2020 was Murder on Middle Beach.No spoilers here, just vibesJan 3, 2021Jan 3, 2021
Published inGENPandering to the Youth Vote Has Gotten EmbarrassingDon’t ask us to be ‘horny for tha polls.’ The world is literally burning.Sep 22, 20208Sep 22, 20208
Published inGENConfessions of a Former Teen Debt CollectorWith payday lending becoming a desperate lifeline of the pandemic, I’m forced to reckon with my past life working in a predatory systemJul 29, 20207Jul 29, 20207
Coming HomeLiminal space; the time between the ‘what was’ and the ‘next.’ It is a place of transition, waiting, and not knowing. That’s how the past…Apr 28, 2019Apr 28, 2019