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How Hillary Clinton and a Barista named Aaron kept me going.
It was shortly after the election day, I was devastated. Like many others I had put my daughter to bed whispering , hoping I did’t jinx it. “Tomorrow when you wake up, it will be a whole new world.”...
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The Giving Tree
The Giving Tree. I fucking hate The Giving Tree. Like I haaaaaate it, you guys. I truly think that Tree is partly responsible for the downfall of society. Controversial statement, I know. Stick with...
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The Empty Corner
We raced our bikes for hours. Two bad-ass little 9 year old girls still all long limbs and confidence. Nothing beat out of us yet, we were free from body hate and helicopter parenting wasn’t invented...
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On raising a girl …
A woman whose name I never got and whose face I cannot remember though I can picture exactly where she was seated as the stylist blew out her said said “you will never regret it is you do, but you...
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SIX; Huck’s birthday letter
Every year on their birthday I write my children a letter to mark the year. This is Huck’s sixth birthday letter. My dearest Huckleberry, SIX! You were so excited to be six you woke up at 4 am...
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Piper’s 3rd Birthday Letter
Every year on their birthdays I write my children a letter. This is Piper’s third birthday letter. Dearest Piper, You will hear me say this many times over your lifetime but it seems as if you’ve just...
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I feel bad about my tankini.
me back in the day. I thought I was fat. I bought a tankini. I mean, I see them everywhere and they look cute on other women, comfy, easy to use the loo in at the pool and of course, they give...
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Max’s Birthday Letter (late)
Dearest Max, How are you nine? Nine is, so grown. I remember nine. Nine is big kid problems and more complex schoolwork. Nine is an official pitcher on your baseball team. Nine is…not little. I am...
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I read the news today, oh boy.
I realized about twenty minutes into our time at the playground, surrounded by children’s laughter, that mine were the only white kids there. There was no value attached to this observation, the day...
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A Life Of Yes
She looked over her trashy magazine at me and said “I don’t want to say I’m pissed you haven’t written anything; but I’m pissed you haven’t written anything.” A few moments later she slapped my thigh,...
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2017 was the year I became Fucking Furious.
2017 was the year I became fucking furious. I am Fucking Furious. And I left all my fucks to give about it in 2016 when defeat was snatched from the jaws of victory and we unleashed a serial sex...
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So, let’s talk about those pink “Pussy” hats.
I was recently told “Not good enough. Dig deeper” on a Facebook thread about the infamous Pussy hats. Immediately I felt confused, defensive, and upset. But then I really thought about it. Sometime...
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Be a voice for those with prisoner tongues
“Be a voice for those with prisoner tongues.” This phrase from Halsey’s breathtaking poem at the Women’s March keeps ringing in my ears. Be a voice for those with prisoner tongues. What a sentence....
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When they tell us to ‘smile’
By now it has happened to you, if not it will. Some man or even the White House Press Secretary will deem your face unacceptable and insist you rearrange it to their liking. You might be walking...
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Let me fat in peace
Yesterday Cardi-B took to instagram to comment on her weight. It was the insta heard round the world. Her video clip will certainly go down in history as it contains one of the greatest sentences...
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Doritos for Girls!
I wanted to write some funny bit about the lady Doritos, cause let’s be honest there is so much comedy there, I mean come on. The least of which is that non-crunchy doritos are just corn...
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Opinion: Everyone Should Move On From Telling Hillary to Move On.
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton arrives with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for the third presidential debate at UNLV in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. (AP...
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Guns, my father, and knowing sometimes people don’t come back.
My dad. My middle, Huckleberry, sits and waves just like this. The gunshot, the blood, the murder itself is a heavy stone dropped from a great height into our lives. Immediately everything is...
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On the matter of the Parkland Shooting
I’ve been at a loss for words the last few words these past few days. Which, for me, is a strange place to be. I want to write about that racist elf, Jeff Sessions, I want to write about Black...
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I was not there. A Mea Culpa from a white girl from whitesville
Ferguson Yesterday I took my six-year-old son and we took the Metro down to the March For Our Lives. If the first Women’s March was cathartic and the second energizing, then this march was inspiring....
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