How are you handling it? — Frequently I am struck by the wildly opposing realities currently at war in our culture: We’re all walking around with supercomputers in our pockets that can instantly offer up information on the latest scientific knowledge — and also part of the country wants to return to banning books in schools. …

We have always lived loud, and we’re not going to change that — Gen X refuses to die with dignity. We will die in the spirit of Grace Jones and Poison, thank you, as we express ourselves in any way we see fit, whether that be in a regular suit and tie, or a full body of tattoos. Most of us are not…

As the child of two toxic narcissists — More and more I’m seeing a backlash against Medium pieces about narcissists and borderline personality disorder. Usually the argument is that if you’re not a doctor or a licensed therapist you should not be diagnosing people and then writing about them on the internet. …

Even though many Americans believe they are — There is a disturbing, persistent belief among many Americans that women and girls’ bodies do not belong to ourselves as men’s bodies do. (With the exception of the draft years.) Or, more accurately, that bodies with uteruses are public property to be poked, prodded, invaded, debated, impregnated and regulated. (I…

Christmas was difficult — Christmas Day I thought a lot about my mother. She lives for Christmas. I know she misses seeing her grandchild, and spending Christmas with my husband’s family. I did not miss spending the day worrying my mother might be rude to one of my husband’s relatives, or make unwanted comments…

We need to get beyond this shit — I distinctly remember the first time I ever saw a homeless person, or at least, the first time I understood the person I was looking at was homeless. I was about seven or eight years old and our family was going to a local art gallery to see my mother’s…

Sorry, not sorry, it’s just true — Well, after four days and fifteen votes, the Republican Party managed to seat a Speaker of the House, which is ironic, since Kevin McCarthy should really be in prison for his actions on January 6. Amid the chaos of repeated votes and impassioned, sometimes batshit speeches on the House floor…

It’s a matter of rights, freedom, life and death — This week, the New York Times released this (stink)bombshell of an article about the political issue of abortion titled When Does Life Begin? With the title itself, the article starts off on entirely the wrong premise, and goes through a longwinded, completely unnecessary philosophical debate about when a fertilized egg…