Not a day goes by that I don’t think about how easy it is to lose my autonomy and authority over it. I’m sitting here, 23 weeks pregnant. I felt her start moving about two weeks ago, bubbles and flutters that turned into a random jab, an unmistakable punch or kick. My friend sent me […]
Gun violence is preventable. After every mass shooting — and there are many — an outpouring of thoughts and prayers makes the rounds on social media. But for many parents, the time for thoughts and prayers has come and gone. Fifty-nine people died and hundreds more were injured during Sunday night’s shooting in Las Vegas. And […]
We have lived according to the ethos of the NRA and the gun lobby and conservative Senators and fearful, unsympathetic citizens long enough. It’s time to try something new, for the rest of us and for our children. It is time to act. At approximately 3:30pm on Saturday, September 30, my wife and I sat […]
I think about how moments like this force everyone to contend with the dread and anxiety that haunt people of color every day. Just this past weekend I was thinking about a terrifying horrific senseless shooting in America and then yesterday morning I woke up to news that one had happened overnight in Las Vegas. More guns. More […]
Even if street harassment doesn’t bother you personally, your claiming to “not be a victim” doesn’t negate the right of women everywhere to feel safe. “I don’t need feminism,” a woman haughtily types at her desk before swallowing her birth control pill with a swig of water, locking up the house she owns, and using her credit […]
I worked for men like Hef, and their version of empowerment is anything but. My boss was Hugh Hefner—well, sort of. During my early 20s, I worked multiple jobs where my role was to 1) serve patrons food and drinks and to 2) provide eye-candy for the male patrons. One job in particular demanded its […]
Too many people aren’t receiving the education and health care they deserve. Back in 2014, I wrote an op-ed endorsing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) treatment for HIV prevention. PrEP is delivered as a daily pill that prevents HIV infection by blocking an enzyme used by cells infected with HIV to replicate the virus. For residents of the U.S. who have […]
Everything short of racial justice is white supremacy. Everything. “I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to ‘order’ than to justice; who prefers a negative […]
