People
To See or Not to See
I just wanted to believe my eyes were magic, that only I could see things that existed below the surface.
The Weight of Words: Self-Acceptance Doesn’t Have to Be a Solo Journey
I don’t want my self-worth to hinge on a relationship. But vulnerability is a practice, and for me, it has been a valuable one.
Counting to Ten Without Numbers
My dyscalculia turns counting a difficult task. So, to get to know them, I turned numbers into people.
When Someone Loses A Bunch of Weight, Maybe Don’t Lead with “How’d You Do It?”
Weight loss is not a life change that just happens with a snap of one’s fingers. There’s more to it than that, even when people say it’s just about “putting in the work.”
Why I Don’t Call My Child a Miracle
This is the problem with the vocabulary of miracles when it comes to childbearing: It ends up equating failure of conception or birth with a divine curse.
I Wanted to Know Why the Ocean Ate My Grandfather
As a child of many cultures, I wasn’t sure I could lay claim to one. But I learned that identity can grow and stretch, widen and encompass more than a single country or language.
A Heathen’s Love Affair with Churches
Most of my formative adolescent experiences took place in churches, but it was never about god. What drove me was a feverish desire to belong.
As a Disabled Writer, I Know My Stories Are Worth Telling
These worlds I dearly love, with science-fiction that supersedes the science in our reality, deserve Smart Drives and automatic doors and disabled heroes, too.
15 Minutes with Rose-Marie Swift, a Cosmetics Maven Who Sees Colors in New Ways
The beauty industry right now is run by dinosaurs. What’s in these things we put on our bodies?
With His Absence, My Artist Father Taught Me the Art of Vanishing
My father was missing. How could I put him back in the picture?