PinnedPublished inHuman PartsThe Joys of Being Wrong About YourselfLearning that self-discovery is a process, not a punishmentSep 19, 201995Sep 19, 201995
PinnedPublished inGENAstrology Critics Don’t Even Know What They’re CriticizingThe urge to cry ‘pseudoscience!’ may be about something else entirelyNov 15, 201947Nov 15, 201947
PinnedWhat to expect when your Saturn returnsThe day after I learned about Saturn’s Return — a defining and often tumultuous period that occurs every 27–29 years — my boyfriend of…Sep 2, 20206Sep 2, 20206
Dispatches from the Great In-BetweenA Very Long Instagram Caption Re: My Birthday That I’m Posting Here, InsteadSep 17, 202119Sep 17, 202119
Published inMomentumOn Seeing My Grandpa Strike a Pose at the BeachSnapshots of my Black historyFeb 25, 202122Feb 25, 202122
Meet My Favorite Song, “Favorite Song”Spotify recently released their annual year-in-review…experience?, which is pretty much the only year-end content I care about. I love to…Dec 4, 20207Dec 4, 20207
That Feel When You Gotta Call 911 on YourselfI’m a big fan of 911. As a kid, I watched Rescue 911 religiously. When my little sister shoved a Lite-Brite peg into the depths of her…Nov 26, 20207Nov 26, 20207
Meet My Non-Human Quarantine CrushesThe creatures that stole my heart — and possibly, my sanity?Nov 24, 20203Nov 24, 20203
Published inCreators HubYour Creative Process Evolves When You DoGrowth is a creative process — but don’t discount the wisdom of your younger selfNov 5, 202019Nov 5, 202019
Published inCreators HubBreathing New Life Into Old StoriesIn his beautiful braided essay, “Last Boat to the San Juan Islands,” Andrew Jazprose Hill achieves the impossible: He makes me miss the…Nov 3, 20203Nov 3, 20203
Published inHuman PartsThe Art of Reclaiming Your RootsA conversation on migration, lineage, and family with Morgan Jerkins, author of ‘Wandering in Strange Lands’Jul 30, 20209Jul 30, 20209
Published inHuman Parts‘We Wanted to Swim With the Pigs’An attendee’s reflections on Fyre FestivalFeb 12, 201910Feb 12, 201910
Published inGENIt’s All Fun and Games Until You Run Out of CoinsMobile games became such a welcome distraction from my life that, soon, I didn’t have oneAug 14, 201820Aug 14, 201820
Published inGENMy So-Called (Millennial) EntitlementDid we really expect too much, or were we just gaslit?Jun 4, 201889Jun 4, 201889
Published inHuman PartsMeditations On Sucking At Relationships, Dating, And Not-Dating, Too, As It HappensI have a date tonight is a thing I didn’t say much last calendar year, though at the time of this writing — a Thursday, one of the last of…Jan 5, 201830Jan 5, 201830
Published inHuman PartsThat Good Ol’ Fashioned Grey-Area DepressionA couple months back, a young woman asked me how she could delineate between sadness and depression. Did she deserve to call herself “a…May 11, 201719May 11, 201719
Published inHuman PartsSeveral Non-Sequiturs About Time and StuffI. On Being EnoughMar 22, 20179Mar 22, 20179
Published inHuman PartsMy Body is Screaming Right NowMy body doesn’t speak English. It speaks Plagues. The first time I heard it was in the middle of the night, age 22. I was in my shared…Oct 11, 201612Oct 11, 201612