Feminism Fails #1: Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In (2013) has aged like chicken broth left out in the sun

December 2, 2024

Thank you to Andi for suggesting this one. Welcome to a new series, Feminism Fails; every few months, I’ll examine a high-profile feminism fail in popular...

Roasting canes from FashionableCanes.com

October 1, 2024

I have a short newsletter installment for you today. Please check out my recent essay on Gillian Welch, published in Welcome to Hell World. I would like this...

Appreciating life at the Museum of Death

August 22, 2024

A version of this piece was published at Global Comment in 2018. Content note: this piece contains discussions of gore, mass suicide, and other things that...

An interview with Diamanda Galás

July 23, 2024

Photo credit: Bobby Talamine Diamanda Galás has long been one of my favorite musicians. While her music is difficult to categorize, it fits under the...

I was normal three Yorkies ago

May 7, 2024

Winston, me, and Frank in 2006 Content note: This essay discusses pet death and veterinary euthanasia. My family’s first Yorkshire Terrier, Frank, joined our...

From the Archives: Working Out Some Issues

April 3, 2024

A version of this piece was originally published in the print edition of Bitch (RIP) in 2014. I am reprinting it here since the "inspirational memes...

An interview with Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

March 11, 2024

Photo credit: Dorothy Edwards Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore is one of my favorite writers/activists/people, and has been for a long time. I first encountered...

Stuff I'm listening to, February 2024 edition

February 28, 2024

Stuff I’m listening to, February 2024 edition Screencap from Spotify, which is titled February 2024 and shows the album covers of Mitski's The Land is...