Jun 14Withdrawing the Title of “Home”Some people are surprised to learn how much I love coastal southern California when my entire personal brand is “girl who’s obsessed with the desert.” But it’s true. I might have spent more of my life so far in Arizona, but some of my most formative years were spent in…Found Family4 min readFound Family4 min read
May 29Everything’s a Death Trap When You’re HappySymbols of mortality: The scrunchie on my nightstand, the leftover orzo in the fridge, the trash can I emptied before leaving town. If this is the last time I leave for the grocery store — if it’s the last time I set out for a weekend alone in the desert…Mental Health4 min readMental Health4 min read
Jan 25, 2022The Unpredictably Predictable Loneliness of AdulthoodAs children, it seemed that virtually everything we did was with a sense of being together. With whom, it didn’t always matter—we were with parents, siblings, extended family, many of whom fawned over our existence, though others may have begrudged having to share a couch cushion during movie time. We…Loneliness4 min readLoneliness4 min read
May 7, 2021Is online therapy (AKA teletherapy) safe?The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted a lot of our in-person practices online: grocery shopping, office jobs, and entertainment to name a few. …Mental Health4 min readMental Health4 min read
Mar 1, 20216 things I wish people understood about living with depressionThough depression is a very common mental illness, not everyone is lucky enough to understand the intricacies of living with it. These are a handful of things I wish more people knew. I don’t need a specific reason to be depressed. Negative life events can absolutely trigger a depressive episode, or a two-week-or-longer period in which someone feels “down…Depression3 min readDepression3 min read
Dec 15, 2020If you’re looking to improve your health, a diet probably isn’t the answerYou step on the scale. Or maybe you attempt to squeeze into the jeans you’ve had since high school, the t-shirt you got participating in a 5k last year, the jacket you bought last winter. …Diet Culture5 min readDiet Culture5 min read
Nov 5, 2020Loving me doesn’t involve voting against my rightsGrowing up, we tend to unquestioningly accept the things our parents tell us as true. I was no exception in my youth. Brought up by one parent with conservative values and another who trusted her kids to be free thinkers and therefore didn’t intervene politically, I skewed a bit to…LGBTQ8 min readLGBTQ8 min read
Oct 31, 20206 Things to Include In Your Post-Election Self Care PlanFor the last few months, one question has been on my mind: “What happens if we lose?” (“We” being the people with at least a scrap of empathy who voted for Joe Biden, even if we didn’t want to, in a desperate attempt to end the American nightmare we’ve suffered…Elections4 min readElections4 min read
Oct 15, 2020How can I focus on spreadsheets when I’m about to lose ownership of my body?It’s Monday morning, and I have Google Sheets open on my laptop in front of me. I’m meant to be processing the data from the spreadsheet, determining whether each user of my employer’s app satisfies our safety requirements, but instead, I’m checking Twitter. Again. And again. And again. Usually decent…Amy Coney Barrett4 min readAmy Coney Barrett4 min read
Sep 10, 2020The activist’s guide to finding hope in a downright sh*tty worldDear Comrade in Suffering, You don’t need me to tell you that the world is shitty. If you clicked on this article, you already know that it is. Your reasons why may be different from mine, but we share common ground in that the planet we’re standing on feels like…Hope5 min readHope5 min read
