Catapult
Dear Academia, I Quit
Wait, everyone always implied. Wait till tenure, wait till menopause, then you will be free. I didn’t want to wait to be happy.
On Grifters
Everyone deserves to have a seat at the table, and that seat can’t be tricked away from us by some faithless cis white politician’s grift. At least it shouldn’t be.
What If We Dreamed of Shared Support Instead of Private Space?
It really was the house to end all houses: impossibly big, impossibly beautiful, and, ultimately, just impossible.
Labor Had a Pretty Good Year
Labor is at its best and most powerful when it’s at its most inclusive and radical.
No American School Can Promise Our Children’s Safety
Our future, the one we are living, was not inevitable. It was chosen. It is an ongoing choice.
There Is No Modern Love Without Legal Abortion
Instead, pregnant people’s bodies are being turned into crime sites.
Listening to Long Covid’s Lessons and Teachers—Today and Tomorrow
We will adapt. We will find new nesting places. But there will be no return to “before.” Not for the flock.
I’m No Longer Chasing “Literary Success”
Who doesn’t yearn to be read and recognized?
Why I Gave Up On England
Leaving began to feel like a comfort; if the country couldn’t get out of its rut, then at least I could get out of mine.
I Gave Up Free Shipping, Fast Fashion, and Being Pelit
I had so many clothes, none of them special. More than just a closet refresh, I needed to change my attitude toward clothing, money, and being pelit.