Role Reboot

I’m A Straight Woman And I’m Scared To Date In Trump’s America

I have no desire to date right now because I’m afraid I’ll be murdered. A few weeks ago, I found myself writing this: A woman murdered in my mother’s hometown. A woman murdered in my hometown. If I have children, women will be murdered. If I don’t have children, women will be murdered. I’m talking […]

On Growing Up Too Fast

I guess I was supposed to be flattered because people said I was pretty. But it felt like a liability to me. A dangerous burden. Something that could go wrong. By the first day of fifth grade, I was 5’5″. My almost painfully skinny body made my A cup breasts look much larger than they […]