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Published in Forge

·Dec 20, 2019

In Praise of a Bare Minimum Year

What happens when we unhook our sense of self-worth from our accomplishments? — Last month, a Twitter user with the alias stfutony posted a story prompt of sorts, though it was styled more like an ominous dare. “There’s only one month left in the decade,” the now-deleted tweet read. “What have you accomplished?” Social media thrives on material like this, and that’s no…

Rethink

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In Praise of a Bare Minimum Year
In Praise of a Bare Minimum Year
Rethink

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Published in Gay Mag

·Sep 17, 2019

Pelvic Exams and the Death Drive

Bodies give, and bodies destroy — Housing a pair of ovaries begets all manner of peculiar circumstances, but one of the most distinct endemic oddities is the sensation of someone touching them. I was nearly eighteen before I experienced it. Until then, my reproductive equipment chiefly manifested as textual, rather than felt — jumbled words and…

Health

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Pelvic Exams and the Death Drive
Pelvic Exams and the Death Drive
Health

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May 16, 2018

The Power of Emotional Decision-Making

Or, how to know when to leave — This is the story of how I decided to leave my first marriage. It is also a story of self-reckoning in which I teeter and stumble to a realization that despite the myth I’ve long treated as truth, I can, and must, trust myself. The narrative concludes happily, more or…

Love

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The Power of Emotional Decision-Making
The Power of Emotional Decision-Making
Love

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Published in Human Parts

·Apr 18, 2018

Flamin’ Hot Indulgence

The lowbrow pleasures of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos — My pioneer foray into the decadence of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos takes us to Venice Beach on Memorial Day weekend in 2016. Now and then, a chilly breeze would slice through the bands of sunlight warming my face and shoulders like the soft enclosure of a palm. I was sitting with…

Food

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Flamin’ Hot Indulgence
Flamin’ Hot Indulgence
Food

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Published in The Awl

·Jul 7, 2017

Guster’s Ambivalent Nostalgia

Where it’s always balmy summer or a gently crisp fall. — Over the course of my tenure as a Guster fan, I attended only one of their concerts. They performed at my alma mater, the College of William and Mary, on Homecoming weekend the fall after I graduated. That’s a fitting context for a Guster show if ever there was one…

Music

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Guster’s Ambivalent Nostalgia
Guster’s Ambivalent Nostalgia
Music

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Published in The Hairpin

·Jun 16, 2016

Our Lady of Sensuality, Sarah McLachlan

Life lessons and erotic discovery through music. — When I was twelve years old, Sarah McLachlan convinced me that I ought to lose my virginity atop a cathedral altar. Tucked underneath my sheets, a Walkman safeguarded against my thumping, tabular chest, I would summon “Possession” (taped from the radio, no doubt) and squeeze my eyes shut. My understanding…

Music

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Our Lady of Sensuality, Sarah McLachlan
Our Lady of Sensuality, Sarah McLachlan
Music

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