PinnedI Hoard My ThoughtsTell me your story We are so much alike Sitting on the outdoor rug huddled around a gas fire set in burning coals it’s June and it’s cold and wet in this Seattle garden We are all outside, as the boulders, hummingbirds, fig trees, and windchimes keep watch With eyes…Poetry5 min readPoetry5 min read
PinnedWhen I die and you liveI want it all: the fire, lightning, a pulsing prism, a cellular storm until I am about to explode a star on the edge of death is quite beautiful. But how much more stunning might a living star be, than a dying or dead star? I’ll be a supernova. We…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Published inGlorious Birds·PinnedMember-onlyThis is not about abortion: white women, white supremacy & the patriarchyI got a text last week — from a former colleague — that alerted me to the news that Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that enshrined the right to legal abortion in the US constitution, will likely be overturned. I was completely stunned for some reason. It’s…Abortion9 min readAbortion9 min read
PinnedMember-onlyDriving while grieving: a love storyPublished at HerStories Project and reposted here. When I am 22 years old it’s an adventure: the two of us live in an old school bus with no bathroom, on a river crowded with crawdads, in rural North Carolina. We break up shortly afterward, but not before hopping a plane…Grief7 min readGrief7 min read
PinnedMember-onlythe story of stars that once wereThe stories appeared like morning fog. Like faint star matter trailing her skin. Her curly hair. Her explosive anger. Her diminution. Why was she so difficult? What made her so frustrated and frustrating? Maybe it was the smoke. The deep, long inhales during pregnancy. A white snake with nowhere much…Women3 min readWomen3 min read
Feb 16, 2019Member-onlyI was born from a woman whose body was stolenOriginally published in Entropy I was born in a snowstorm from a woman whose body was stolen. She was knocked out and drugged up hours after arriving at the hospital where she planned to birth her first child. Her doctor told her to stop screaming as she writhed in pain…Pregnancy9 min readPregnancy9 min read
Aug 9, 2018What Reminds Us Of Our Mothers?Originally published at The Manifest Station What reminds us of our mothers? What do we see, smell, think, hear that tilts us towards knowing? As adults we barely recall — or want to recall. For me, it’s Patti Smith. Her beautiful plain-ness strikes me like the dark murky mix of…Mothers4 min readMothers4 min read
Jun 21, 2018At the Border, We’re Seeing Exactly What America IsThis post originally appeared on the blog of Lilith Magazine It’s impossible not to see the pleas plastered on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram: “We are better than this.” “This is not who America is.” “This is not the America I know!” But it is who we are: what the United…Immigration4 min readImmigration4 min read
May 15, 2018Mexico’s Exciting Supreme Court Win for Women and Girls’ Access to Abortion“This sets a precedent for the whole country. This gives us hope and empowers victims of rape because they know now that the court is on their side.” — Marimar* was 17 years old when she was raped and impregnated by her attacker. She reported the crime to the authorities in Morelos, Mexico where she lived and requested an abortion. The prosecutor’s office sent her to the hospital. …Abortion6 min readAbortion6 min read
Mar 28, 2018What’s the Connection Between School Shootings and Violence Against Women?Gun violence in the United States is at the center of the news cycle. High-school students who experienced firsthand the most recent school shooting are tired of the rhetoric that seems to follow every mass-shooting, with little to no accompanying policy change to actually save lives. …Domestic Violence4 min readDomestic Violence4 min read
