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…3 min read·Apr 3, 2024----
jessicashortallEverything I Can RememberNotes on a lifetime as a woman·6 min read·Sep 20, 2018--45--45
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…2 min read·May 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…1 min read·Mar 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…3 min read·Mar 9, 2017--1--1
jessicashortallThe pernicious sleight of hand of the Trump immigration banHello, America. I love you. I love you desperately.8 min read·Jan 30, 2017--4--4
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…·6 min read·Jul 30, 2016--70--70
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…9 min read·Oct 27, 2015--2--2