Forget Imposter Syndrome. Let’s Talk About Gatekeeper Syndrome.
:: How on earth am I supposed to get anything done when I not only have to do the thing but also prove that I have the right to do the thing in the first place? Some years ago. I’m having a conversation with my friend, Ariane. She’s just called me back—I texted her...
I Am a Writer Because of Mary Oliver
:: I am a writer because, when I was a sophomore in college, I lucked into a 6-person poetry writing workshop with Mary Oliver. She forced me to reckon with every word I put down on the page. I didn’t understand what words were until that writing workshop. I was...
This Month’s Book Review: Writing the World We Want into Existence
:: The theme of this month’s book review column is writing the world we want into existence, or, writing the white supremacist patriarchy out of it.* Aimie K. Runyan – Daughters of the Night Sky When I first saw the cover of Runyan‘s Daughters of the Night Sky,...
If you were a lioness, what would you do?
:: I woke up this morning to the most bizarre news story. I mean, truly bizarre. The CNN headline read like this: “Lioness kills the father of her 3 cubs at Indianapolis Zoo.” It went on this way: After hearing a lot of noise in the lion pen, zoo personnel...
I Didn’t Want to Write About Rape
:: I really didn’t want to. But how can I not? How can I not? Someone has to write about rape. [CW: Rape, sexual assault, secondary trauma, etc.] There are so many people out there who can’t write about rape. But I can. I have. First, I wrote about being...01. About Me
Author, essayist, sometime law professor. Topics that will get me talking: mental health and disability, sexual violence, and making words happen. I want to be your friend, even if I have trouble showing it.
03. Letter
