August 6, 2019 Fiction: An Unexpected Goodbye with Boy’s Best Friend Simon isn’t ready for a life without his best friend, Bubbles.
August 1, 2019 Letting My Relationship Freeze to Death At the end of my only serious relationship besides my marriage, we didn’t break up. We broke apart.
July 19, 2019 “Stranger Things,” Season 3: The Highs & Lows in Hawkins Will the “Stranger Things” gang EVER escape the trauma of the Upside Down?
May 31, 2019 In Defense of and Opposition to Pointless Arguments Sometimes, you just want to get into a long, complicated conversation that’s mere shades away from a full-blown shouting match.
May 22, 2019 I’m Coming to Terms with My History of Self-Harming In this essay, I examine how I have engaged in self harm in my past. [CW: self harm, skin picking, disordered eating, body dysmorphia]
May 15, 2019 A Spoiler-Filled Conversation about “Avengers: Endgame” I’ll never be the same after the final installation of the MCU’s 10-year Thanos arc.
May 6, 2019 Motherhood Will Bring a New Level of Scrutiny for Meghan Markle and Her Mixed-Race Son As a woman of color, the historic birth of Meghan Markle’s son matters a lot.
May 6, 2019 A Visual Journey through My Evolving Appreciation for Facial Hair I used to have a strong aversion to men with facial hair. Oh, how the times have changed.
April 16, 2019 The Case for Staying Home: Me Against the World of Travel Forget wanderlust. More like stayhomelust.