When Writing is a Powerful Spell
on writing with OCD
How Do I Look?
On cyborgs, beauty, and short-circuiting
Book Nook - August
What's coming out this month?
Grief is a Weighted Blanket
and you can't take it off
I'm a shapeshifter & I'm uncertain of my current shape
On writing and jealousy in the attention economy
Migraines are excellent teachers
I hate them, though
"The moon came with us!”
A behind-the-scenes note
I don’t want to want this anymore
On Instagram and Belonging
What's that word?
Writing a book when you have Language Processing Disorder
Book Nook - July
Welcome to my new book column for paid subscribers! This first one is FREE!
What Jessie Spano Taught Me
Feminism began piling up in my life. It was me, this snowball, and Jessie Spano
Just Like Heaven
A short note about offerings, etc!
Not attached to "Womanhood"
I am a bi femme cis woman, I have never felt attached to “womanhood”
Summer Seasonal Affective Disorder
Tis the season! I hate it!
Your Book Writing Questions Answered!
"writing a memoir is knocking yourself out with your own fist, if it’s done right."
Guerrilla Feminism: Notes on a Movement
Some people will forever be committed to hating the warped version of me that they created
Pacing Book Writing
my book is not all about trauma, but so much of it is and knowing that this is such an enormous part of my story feels a bit awful
I Wanna Know What Love Is
(and I want you to show me)
Anchoring the Parts of Me
On "Parts Work"
UW-Madison Palestine Encampment & Protest
A few notes from this week
Are We Allowed To Critique Art?
We are allowed to like and dislike things. We are allowed to critique things.
Life Doesn't Have an "Easy" Mode
On sensations and feelings when you have Somatic Symptom Disorder
Welcome to Rage & Softness!
New name, same-ish content
The Totality of it All
Updates and Glimmers
"The Other Woman" Archetype
She's "trashy," she's "tarnished," and everything is her fault
We Just Missed You: My Uncle, The Missing Person Case
"I’m going on an adventure. Don’t try to find me. I’ll contact you."
The Cost of Privilege
What is with our obsession with celebrities/royals? How do we stop caring?
Notes on 6 Weeks in San Francisco
I'm proud of myself, damnit.
Bad Brain
On the ableist narratives we create
What's in a Face?
Some thoughts on aging, beauty & disliking my face
Decenter Men
On betrayal and who we're supposed to hate on "Love is Blind"
Illness Anxiety Disorder & Somatic Symptom Disorder
A note on the newer terms for "Hypochondriasis"
Links on Links on Links
I'm sick so check out this stuff from others!
The Scaries of a New Beginning
Ask Guerrilla Femme for February
The Never-Ending Comparison Loop
Feeling untethered with and without Instagram
Living Ghosts
The first butch lesbian cop I knew
A San Francisco Winter
It’s not in my nature to leave the midwest between November and March, yet here I am!
My Experience With Somatic Experiencing
more of a voice message than a podcast, really
How Do You Stay in a Job You Hate?
Ask Guerrilla Femme for January
Leaving for Ghost & San Francisco
One is permanent, the other is not.
Disability & Desire
The second chapter of my book
Quitting Sugar
The increase in anxiety ain't worth it
My Love of Genealogy
I'm a librarian, so, duh.
Sick Woman Theory
an essay about an essay
Glimmers & Glows
Hi loves, this is the last Glimmers & Glows of the year (and possibly ever?). This column doesn’t get much engagement, so I may retire it. If you have ideas...
Last Newsletter of 2023
Thank you for being a friend
2023: Year In Review
My favorite Books, Music, TV & More of 2023
On Comparison of Life Experiences
Ask Guerrilla Femme for the month of December
38 Things I Know For Sure
after turning 38
In My Thornback Era
On aging and my last Friday of 37