On loving the body I live in and with

Reflections on 21 months of pandemic teaching

A micro essay

I just noticed it

Dispatches from the weird world of conversion disorders

I’ve been fat and I’ve been thin, but I think I like myself best when I stop caring so much

A cupboard full of canned goods triggers my deepest insecurities

This popular phrase might be comforting, but it also perpetuates weight stigma

And it’s not yours, either

When a back injury slowed my pace, it also changed my relationship with my city

Sometimes, our bodies hold stories that keep us trapped in pain

I wanted to listen to my body — instead, I made it scream

What would sexuality even feel like without all this pain?

Lessons from inside a coffin

Finding meaning in the spaces between

I’m afraid my family history of cancer will catch up with me — and that dementia will come for my husband

For so many years, I accepted that my body belonged to the men in my life

Their bigotry, they tell themselves, is for my own good

Creating a family of my own felt impossible until I rejected the confines of society — and biology

My extra-long locks were a symbol of ownership and dominance, which is why I chopped my tailbone-touching mane

People need more than support; they need solutions, alternatives, and creative thinking

Ignorance is bliss, but not when it comes to hereditary illness

Embracing the way I talk marks a new era of my life

I wasn’t able to properly listen until I was nicotine-free