Bottomless. Fearless. This is the reputation I developed in my social circle. One of those things was true.
Better is not good enough, and it’s a shame that anyone would be willing to settle for so little.
Anytime I remember how I once disavowed feminism, I am ashamed of my ignorance.
Adoro estar com alguém infinitamente interessante porque somos tão diferentes. Querer pertencer a pessoas, ou a uma delas, não significa encontrar no espelho uma imagem de si mesmo.
Abandon the cultural myth that all female friendships must be bitchy, toxic, or competitive. This myth is like heels and purses—pretty but designed to SLOW women down.
I know this world. I live in it too. There's no shelter or safety or escape from the cruel stares and comments, the too-small seats, the too-small everything for your too-big body.
Was interested in the discourse around rape culture because the phrase is used often, but rarely do people engage with what it actually means. What is it like to live in a culture where it often seems...
Subsequently passed a bill requiring a regular ultrasound, in a bit of bait-and-switch
Stories and daydreaming. Sports were merely a distraction keeping me from what I really wanted to do.
Nostalgia is powerful and that power builds with time; it often reshapes our memories.
More ambitious and focused because we’ve never had a choice. We’ve had to fight to vote, to work outside the home, to work in environments free of sexual harassment, to attend the universities of our...
If you cannot recognize your privilege, you have a lot of work to do
You’d be amazed what people are willing to do when they are given permission, either implicitly or explicitly. Given
You people are all the same. You live in your grand homes looking down on us in the gutter. You think you control everything and can have anything. There
Writing bridges many differences. Kindness bridges many differences too, and so does a love of One Tree Hill or Lost or beautiful books or terrible movies.
When we were together, he’d tell me what he wanted to do to me. He wasn’t asking permission. I was not an unwilling participant. I was not a willing participant. I felt nothing one way or the other. I...
When it’s hot, I sweat profusely, mostly from my head, and then I feel self-conscious and find myself constantly wiping the sweat from my face. Rivulets of sweat spring forth between my breasts and po...
When I’m around the right people, I feel strong and powerful and sexy.
When I read, I could forget.
When I read, I could forget. I could be anywhere in the world except in the eighth grade, lonely and holding tightly to my secret. I often say that reading and writing saved my life. I mean that quite...