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The best of me and the rest of me: Prayer for a New Year
Dear Lord, Creator, divine Spirit of What Is, let me take the best of me into the coming year. I almost added, “and leave the rest behind,” but that’s…
Jan 3
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November 2023
Finding queerness, Britney Spears, the Bad Art Friend, and superyachts in the classics
If the Gatsby characters were alive today, I’m pretty sure the Buchanans would own a superyacht, where the rich go to escape — the paparazzi, their…
Nov 18, 2023
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September 2023
Three lessons from a Kindness Warrior
Eleanor came into my life at just the right time. It was early 2013 and my mother had died three months earlier after a grinding, multi-year onslaught…
Sep 14, 2023
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August 2023
The friendly place where everyone owns a gun
Why I bought a raffle ticket for an AR-15
Aug 8, 2023
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July 2023
When you refuse to punch down for cheap laughs
Or, Lessons from a sex comedy
Jul 11, 2023
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May 2023
When shame loosens its grip
Airing out what had felt so shameful was like disinfecting sticky gunk accumulated over decades of false belief.
May 30, 2023
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April 2023
When you need a mask to be brave
Why striving to be "authentic" at all times is misguided
Apr 26, 2023
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February 2023
What are you loving right now?
What is lighting up your happy button these days?
Feb 14, 2023
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January 2023
A tale of two parking spots
A parable of taking up space and of ceding ground
Jan 31, 2023
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December 2022
When you can't un-see the patterns
Reading Women and Other Monsters is like realizing the pattern on the wall you’ve seen for years is really a door.
Dec 20, 2022
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November 2022
"Tell me about your overalls"
The subversive joy of dressing entirely for oneself
Nov 22, 2022
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October 2022
Brave Book Pairings: Indigenous Peoples' edition
Pair a stunning literary debut with YA speculative fiction, both by indigenous authors, and what do you get?
Oct 25, 2022
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