jessicashortallCowboy Carter.I just need to jot this down somewhere because I cannot stop thinking about this album. This review (including beautiful singing of her…Apr 3Apr 3
jessicashortallI saved my own life. Now I’ll have to pay for it.It’s not easy to say this, but it gets easier every time I say it: I suffered from crippling postpartum anxiety after my son was born. It…May 4, 2017May 4, 2017
jessicashortallBridges are scary. We should still cross them.Right now, at least, this is the best I’ve got. We are in a divided and angry time. We don’t want to admit it, but we’ve all been handed…Mar 14, 2017Mar 14, 2017
jessicashortallWhen cisgender “comfort” matters more than transgender livesI’ve been thinking a lot about the ideas of “harm” and “good” when it comes to the proposed bathroom bills that are sucking all of the…Mar 9, 20171Mar 9, 20171
jessicashortallThe pernicious sleight of hand of the Trump immigration banHello, America. I love you. I love you desperately.Jan 30, 20174Jan 30, 20174
jessicashortallWhat Makes America Great.On Wednesday I sat on the A train on my way from Queens to Manhattan. Across from me sat a young mother with her baby boy. Both of them…Jul 30, 201670Jul 30, 201670
jessicashortallSurviving the Working Motherhood + Breastfeeding Toxic StewMy friend Anne had her baby girl within a week of my son’s birth. When Anne’s baby was a few weeks old, she and her husband took the baby…Oct 27, 20152Oct 27, 20152