Why are Good People Voting for Trump?

As election season crashes down upon us once more, getting swept up in the political sphere…

The B. Stands for Beatrice, but Junie B. Jones Stands for my Childhood

The entirety of my childhood was spent wishing to grow up. Now, though, as I stand on the cusp of adulthood, I want nothing more than to go back to being a kid. Mere weeks before my senior year of high…

Confessions of an Ex-Gifted Child

I’m pretty sure I peaked in elementary school. When I was in the first grade, I was selected to…

‘Joker’ Could Have Been a Great Movie — If it had Been About Anyone Else

Spoiler-free Review: I was…

Fashion, Feminism, and Me

Fashion magazines were the launch pad into my career as a nasty, loudmouthed…

VIDEO GAMES

5 Video Games My Boyfriend Made Me Play that I Actually Like

One of my favorite things to do is watch my boyfriend play video games. He gets so invested in playing, and it’s so cute to see that look of determination roll across his face.

Spiraling

My therapist tells me
that I am good at talking in circles,
that I am good at talking around things.

She asks me why I never answer her questions.

Daydream

for Brent

I imagine,
too often, perhaps,
your hands on my body,
sliding over the slope of my back,
tracing my…

summer // winter

for Brent

I like to trace my fingers
over the constellation of freckles
stretching across your shoulders
from where the sun has kissed you
in the summertime.

Atoms

for Brent

The universe is so vast-
about 100 billion lightyears across
(give or take a few infinities)
and it’s bursting at the seams with atoms.
There have been an interminable
number of seconds,
adding to minutes,
to hours,
to days,
to years,
to centuries,
to millenia,
until this…