When It Is Time for a Change
:: When I see the vultures in our neighborhood, I don’t think of death or scary things. I think of change. We have a lot of really large vultures in our neighborhood. They hang out, like a feathery biker gang, cool in their black coats, eyeing you as you go by,...
Latest Monthly Missive: Daytime Moon
:: Daytime moons remind me of all of the things that are happening around us that we don’t notice or think about. My latest monthly email missive, “Writing Isn’t Sexy,” just went out today, titled “Daytime Moon.” Here’s an...
Men Demand Things of Me
:: Women know how precious my time is. Men demand things of me. I woke up on International Women’s Day to this: yet another demand (via email) by a man I do not know for free labor by me for his personal benefit. In this case, the man wanted free career...
What’s Work Worth? On Capitalism and John Lewis
:: You don’t measure human work in widgets. You can’t. I woke up this Sunday morning worried about money—making enough of it, selling enough stories to make enough of it, saving enough of it for my kids’ school and for retirement and for emergencies,...
Post-Election Thoughts, Finally
:: No one should be surprised that the U.S. elected a racist, sexist, ableist, tax-evading, draft-dodging, racist, Islamophobic, sexist president. I’ve kept quiet on the election for about a week, mostly to give those who are far more eloquent than I am a chance...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
