Every week in the month of October, I will be sharing reflections on the Very Scary Things I’ve had to face in 2020 — emotionally, physically, spiritually. This is the third installment. For the previous one, read here. My whole life, I’ve been fascinated with — and terrified of — death. I was the child…
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Scary Things #2: One Is the Loneliest Number
Every week in the month of October, I will be sharing reflections on the Very Scary Things I’ve had to face in 2020 — emotionally, physically, spiritually. This is the second installment. For the previous one, read here. Unsurprisingly, months of isolation and social distancing can make you feel lonely. We’ve all felt it at…
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Scary Things #1: Body-ody-ody
Every week in the month of October, I will be sharing some reflections on the Very Scary Things I’ve had to face in 2020 — emotionally, physically, spiritually. This is the first in the series. The first scary thing I’ve faced during quarantine is arguably the source for all of our sensory experiences — the…
Read MoreSome Notes on Wanting
Seclusion illuminates much when it is foisted upon you. Some of us are, for the first time in our adult lives, having to contend with loneliness that quite literally cannot be touched by others. We cannot live our lives in the ways we’d so become accustomed: grabbing a coffee, enjoying lunch at your favorite spot…
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When Icons Become Ancestors: A Requiem
Writers are always supposed to have the words. From screenwriters to authors to historians, society entrusts writers to find vocabulary for the elusive. We as writers seek to breathe life into the inanimate, make tangible the intangible. And yet as we endure trauma after trauma this year, I like many writers find myself at a…
Read MoreI Was On A Panel at C2E2!
On April 23, I had a unique opportunity to speak on a panel at C2E2. How you ask? Let’s go back in time a bit.
Read MoreI Shouldn’t Have to Thank My Fiance for Being An Adult
When you’re a woman that loves men, you learn quickly that there are many things you’ll do in your relationships with them that will be taken for granted. Keeping track of chores, following through on those chores, making to-do lists up the ass. But as a straight (or bi/pansexual) woman, you also realize over time…
Read MoreNo, I Will Not Relax: Why I’m Setting My Natural Tresses Free
It began as an idea. A fleeting, flirtatious thought. What if I went natural with my hair? I had this thought maybe two years ago. This fleeting thought became a seed planted and buried into the recesses of my mind, growing slowly but steadily over time. Gradually, I decided that one day, I would go…
Read MoreMy Plea for Gun Control, In the Name of Tony
Most of us are still reeling from the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. I would link to an article about that, but I’m sure we’ve all read enough about it at this point. Because of the statistics on mass shootings and the tragedies that have occurred in the last several years, I…
Read MoreWhat Losing Prince Has Made Me Realize About Legacy
Photo cred: Billboard (Billboard.com) As everyone has heard by now, on Thursday, April 21, the world lost an icon, a music legend, and naturally gifted performer — The Purple One, Prince. A celebrity death that many will retell years from now with “Where were you when you found out?” stories. Hearing of his death was…
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