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Published in ZORA

·Jan 21, 2021

Black Women Are Transforming the World of Instagram Mermaids

The carefree aesthetic is appealing for many, but the inclusion also is full of political purpose — Evelyn still remembers the nickname her elementary school classmates assigned her: the mermaid. She was the strongest swimmer in her class; her mother had to fight to get Evelyn out of water when she swam at the Malecón — a large sea wall near the ocean — in Cuba, where…

Black Women

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Black Women Are Transforming the World of Instagram Mermaids
Black Women Are Transforming the World of Instagram Mermaids

Published in Tenderly

·Oct 10, 2019

My Father’s Gado-Gado Recipe Is the Key to My Indonesian Heritage

“Recreating his recipe from my memory feels like finding a key to a secret door.” — One of my first memories in the kitchen is of my father cooking peanut sauce. I would settle on one of the stools at the kitchen island after school, and watch him. He’d be stooped over the stove, stirring a sauce pot of what looked like thick brown goo, a…

Food

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My Father’s Gado-Gado Recipe Is the Key to My Indonesian Heritage
My Father’s Gado-Gado Recipe Is the Key to My Indonesian Heritage

Published in Human Parts

·Jul 17, 2019

I Quit Smoking. Then My Body and I Started Talking.

I wasn’t able to properly listen until I was nicotine-free — I began smoking cigarettes regularly when I was 17. Both my parents were smokers (they’ve since quit), which sped up my decision to take up the habit. In the beginning, my brand of choice was Newport 100s. I liked the smooth mint flavor, its polluted, metallic sweetness. After my dad…

Smoking

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I Quit Smoking. Then My Body and I Started Talking.
I Quit Smoking. Then My Body and I Started Talking.

Published in ZORA

·Jun 26, 2019

Midwives, Doulas and the Push For Better Care

Facing racism at hospitals, some women of color turn to home birth — In her 10 years as a practicing midwife, Racha Lawler experiences mostly joy, but she’s also learned one disturbing truth: Many women of color have been traumatized during a hospital birth. She recalls one woman in particular, who labored for 52 hours. Nurses insisted she and her baby could both…

Birth

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Midwives, Doulas and the Push For Better Care
Midwives, Doulas and the Push For Better Care

Published in Elemental

·May 22, 2019

Do Productivity Playlists Actually Work?

The science behind listening to music to concentrate — Listening to music is a long-used productivity hack among creatives. Author Stephen King says he used to listen to Anthrax, Judas Priest, and Metallica while writing. Gabriel Marcía Márquez “wore out” Beatles records while working on One Hundred Years of Solitude. Charles Bukowski at least claimed he needed cigars, whiskey…

Music

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Do Productivity Playlists Actually Work?
Do Productivity Playlists Actually Work?

Published in BRIGHT Magazine

·Apr 10, 2017

5 Online Tools That Give Teens The Sex Ed They Need

Talking about the birds and the bees has always been awkward — and now, in many schools, forbidden. These sites fill in the gaps, from…

Sex Education

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5 Online Tools That Give Teens The Sex Ed They Need
5 Online Tools That Give Teens The Sex Ed They Need

Dec 29, 2016

My 5 Favorite Essays (I wrote) in 2016

2016 was, without a doubt, my break out year as a writer. I hustled and busted my ass to get my work out there in world, and moved one step closer (I hope!) to writing full time. I fought back wave after wave of insecurities (Will I ever make it…

Writing

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My 5 Favorite Essays (I wrote) in 2016
My 5 Favorite Essays (I wrote) in 2016

Published in Femsplain

·Sep 14, 2015

Queen Of The One Night Stand Comes Clean

The first time a friend congratulated me for my sexual conquests was on a playground. I was about 18 or 19 then, either about to leave for college in New York or back on my first visit. There we were, on the cusp of adulthood, drunk on a swing set…

Femsplain

6 min read

Queen Of The One Night Stand Comes Clean
Queen Of The One Night Stand Comes Clean
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