TW: Sexual assault Dearest friends, I first wrote this piece on February 24th, 2020, upon the receipt of a WSJ news notification that Harvey Weinstein had been convicted. Although I considered sharing it at the time, I wasn’t sure that I had anything new to contribute to the discussion; why would sharing my own story […]
MoreTW: Racial violence Growing up, my parents’ house rules for their daughter were: Don’t get married, don’t get pregnant, don’t drink & drive, and don’t call the Police. At the time, I understood these rules only insofar as they laid restrictions on my social life, not yet recognizing that, for each rule, there was a […]
MoreReconstructing Outmoded Christian Ideologies in 2020 TW: Police Violence, Racism & Homophobia in the Christian Faith My first memory of ever going to Mass was with my Godmother, when she insisted upon my attending Sunday School at Our Lady of Grace so that I could have my First Communion with our family priest (an old […]
MoreWritten in honor of Brad Dehart and Matthew Mondragon ISA Dreamers, Rest In Power REQUIRED READING: BYSTANDER INTERVENTION TRAINING TW: Casual Ableism, Alcoholism, Drug Use & Disregard For Human Life I saw a Documentary Film once called “Miss Congeniality”. It was written about my Tía, but they had to call it ‘Chick Lit Fiction’ for […]
MoreIt’s been almost 2 months now of national stillness (relatively), and I can’t help but feel like I’ve discovered something new about myself everyday. In the quiet of this moment in my life, I have found that I’m suddenly able to reach behind the veil of my conscious thoughts to look deeper into their origins. […]
MoreWhen I was growing up, my absolute favorite book was “The Night I Followed the Dog” by Nina Laden. In the children’s book, a young boy notices that his trusted dog had been sneaking out every evening, always returning just as the sun came up. After spending night after night witnessing his dog’s inscrutable patterns, […]
MoreOkay has to be one of the most used and useless words in the English language. When someone asks me if I’m “okay,” what are they asking, exactly? They definitely don’t actually want to know how I’m doing, which, for many years, I really thought was the whole point. Whenever I respond honestly and say […]
MoreWhen I first learned what a bisexual was, it was an insult. It meant a lesbian who couldn’t make up their mind — a stop-over on the way to Gay Town. In hindsight, Gay Town sounds like a dreamland. I was always raised to be an accepting person. I had two, liberal parents who taught […]
MoreI found a nest in the woods today. I almost walked right by it, but the careful woodwork and tender shelter caught my eye. I couldn’t help but be delighted (thrilled!) by my discovery. What a strange and beautiful labor of love to have stumbled upon on a Saturday morning walk. My imagination filled with […]
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