Why American Feminists Should Mourn FEMEN’s Oksana Shachko

And how FEMEN cleared the way for #MeToo

Was It Brave or Self-Destructive to Write About My Pain Online?

Being vulnerable in public may have…

The Man Who Escaped the Gulag from His Balcony

(based on a true story)

Trump and Putin Told the Same Lie in Helsinki, But For Different Reasons

What that shows about the…

My Three Dead Fathers and the Meaning of Life, Love, and Family

A triple obituary

If Pain Could Speak

Bodhi of Pain* (The Endometriosis Diaries, Part I)

Writing in the Meantime

My whole life I wanted to be a writer. “That’s a r-e-e-e-a-l-l-y original opening sentence and an even more original…

Facing the Medical-Insurance Complex

Bodhi of Pain* (The Endometriosis Diaries, Part III)

The Spiritual Healing of a Non-Believer

Bodhi of Pain* (The Endometriosis Diaries, Part IV)

The Day I Listened to My Body

Bodhi of Pain* (The Endometriosis Diaries, Part II)