Staying Sober Through 2020
On January 6, 2021, I was 1,328 days sober. As domestic terrorists attempted a coup on the United States government, my heart broke for anyone on Day 6 of sobriety.
On January 6, 2021, I was 1,328 days sober. As domestic terrorists attempted a coup on the United States government, my heart broke for anyone on Day 6 of sobriety.
When I tried to skateboard as a kid, the neighborhood boys refused to welcome me. Now, women and gender-diverse people are creating skateboarding communities all over the world.
“The singular duty you owe yourself is to be alive. Don’t jeopardize that for unsolvable peril.”
“The whole idea of a spell is that you send your intention outward into the universe—what if the Internet is just another way to do that?”
There is no way to ask the question “Why don’t you like me anymore?” that will bring you peace.
I want to write about space and time, and feeling like somehow we’ve always had less of it than our male counterparts.
“Friendship is here to delight and expand and challenge and deepen you, not to be a hand dragging you back into the pit.”
People I hardly knew implied that without children, I was failing as a woman, a Muslim, and a human being.
“Think of yourself as Beyoncé, or Lin-Manuel Miranda: Everyone wants to be friends with them, and that’s not possible.”
If many voters had emptied their minds of reason and empathy, had these spiritual tourists not done the same?
Shoshana and Saadia discuss milestones and coming-of-age ceremonies in their respective faith traditions.
Despite hopes that writing is enough to cope with reality, to admit we should do something other than writing was liberating.
Deep fantasies aren’t fantasy at all. They can reveal who we actually are.
“God is sometimes easier to please than our fellow humans.”
In fiction, one needs motivations, wants, and fears; one needs cause and effect. In life, it’s messier.
What I wanted to say about Arcade Fire’s “The Suburbs” has everything to do with the movies and TV series I love.
“You should absolutely burn a penis candle before doing anything important.”
“The fracturing of our political reality is a wound a long time in the making.”
“There is no word that explains how girls love absent fathers.”
“Taking care of our bodies is a privilege when it should be a right.”