I currently live in the fantastic city of New Orleans for most of the year. It’s wonderful. Daquiris to go, lots of sunshine, music, night life, cost of living that is not completely…

I had thought about this moment for years. In my head, I knew it was stupid. We grew up, we graduated high school, we went away to college in vastly different parts of the country, and yet in the back of my head I entertained the moronic notion that I would see you again and everything…

For the entirety of my lifetime, “pro-life” and “pro-choice” have been the go-to labels for the abortion rights arguments. The labels have become problematic to me because they are euphemisms instead of clear arguments. If you’re pro-life…

Seriously, is the beauty industry just fucking with us?

My first foray into makeup was when I was thirteen, at orchestra summer camp. I was rooming with one of my friends and she introduced me to eyeliner for…

Stop asking stupid questions about my piercings

My very first week of college, I walked to a piercing parlor near campus and inquired about how much they charged to pierce noses. A nose stud had been something I had wanted since about the…