We need to acknowledge the nobility and effort of making it through the day. “We talk about how suicide is ‘selfish,’” a friend said to me a few weeks ago. “But that means that people who are suicidal but struggling to live are doing something incredibly selfless, every day. Why don’t we talk about that?” On […]
The fight for reproductive justice is a fight based out of compassion, and that must also include compassion for those who might be alienated or triggered by pro-choice rhetoric. I have a very clear memory of the first time I ever saw my son. It was a sweltering July morning and I was wearing a […]
We need to discard the idea that friendships can only be real or good if they fit a narrow model of what a relationship looks like. It almost always happens out of the blue. I’ll go to a friend’s profile to share something or send them a message or look for an article they posted […]
The message that we consistently send out is that in order to achieve any kind of significant career goals, girls need to adopt traits that are typically associated with masculinity. A few months ago, my 4-year-old son went to a classmate’s birthday. The party was superhero-themed and the loot bags were packed with cute little […]
