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Personal & LifestyleOctober 30, 2020October 30, 2020

Scary Things #4: The Only Constant Is Change

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 fourth and final installment. For the previous one, read here. Change is scary. Many of us understand that life is a compilation of changes, big…

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Personal & LifestyleOctober 23, 2020October 31, 2020

Scary Things #3: The End of All Things

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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Personal & LifestyleOctober 16, 2020October 21, 2020

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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Personal & LifestyleOctober 8, 2020October 16, 2020

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…

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Feminism & Social Justice Personal & LifestyleSeptember 16, 2020

Some 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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Fandom & Nerd Culture Personal & Lifestyle Television & FilmSeptember 1, 2020

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…

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Fandom & Nerd Culture Personal & LifestyleApril 24, 2017April 24, 2017

I 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.

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Feminism & Social Justice Personal & LifestyleApril 5, 2017April 5, 2017

I 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…

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Personal & LifestyleDecember 16, 2016December 28, 2016

No, 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…

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Feminism & Social Justice Personal & LifestyleJune 16, 2016June 16, 2016

My 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…

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