Good Friday is a good day to talk about grief. (Apologies if this post feels disjointed and piecemeal and less edited and streamlined than usual. I just wanted to get it out and post it before Good Friday ends, and I’m hungry and want to go roast some chicken.) Ever since I turned 37 in … Continue reading Funeralizing Singleness and Good Grief on a Good Friday
FIT IS A FEMINIST ISSUE (Hi folks– sorry for the late Weekends with Womack post; technical difficulties down under. Thanks for your patience. Now to the post…) We use a lot of words to describe large (or large-ish) bodies: For instance: fat, plump, hefty, bulky, rotund, pudgy, chunky, portly, heavyset, stout—I found 46 synonyms here. … Continue reading “Obese” is a bad word—it’s got to go
After a year marked by a racial awakening, decades of movies about slavery, and White privilege on display at the Capitol this week, I welcome the escapism. Continue reading Bridgerton is a Welcome Respite From Racial Trauma
I received the following question in my DM: “[…] I personally don’t post much on social media, and I don’t like publicly sharing my opinions or thoughts. […] I was wondering how I can be an ally without sharing or posting stuff online. What else could I do, in your opinion?” I don’t consider myself … Continue reading On Quiet Allyship
Introvert that I am, I was made for this. I had an employer who continued to pay me as I worked from home. I had Wi-Fi. I have no children. A friend shared his Netflix password. I was #blessed.
Anxiety soon descended. Continue reading “Alone” — My Piece for the New York Times
