May 5The word you are looking for is ‘we’People discussing the overturn of Roe v. Wade are arguing about the terms ‘women’ or ‘people with uteruses’ when what matters is: we are people whose value is not in our bellies, who are constantly told that it is. There is no single experience of having a womb. You can…Abortion3 min read
Feb 27, 2017Patriots, not cynicsI’ve been thinking a lot about patriotism lately — no, actually, I’ve been feeling patriotic. I’ve always loved America, but as a student of history and as a progressive, it’s been hard to express that love in a simple, succinct way. My love of country has always had a lot…Politics4 min read
Feb 27, 2017America the Beautiful: Machete OrderI grew up in a household that thought “America the Beautiful” should be our national anthem. My mom liked that it was a peace song instead of a war song; we all liked that it spoke more broadly about the country than narrowly to our success fending off the British…Music2 min read
Jan 31, 2017How to make a sturdy, rain-proof protest signI woke up the day before the Women’s March and felt a need to make a sign. I’d never done this before though, and the online resources I immediately found were pretty vague: “attach handle”, for instance. …Protest5 min read