People
Fountain of Youth: Floating Between Being a Motherless Child and a Childless Mother
“I am unmoored, my place not easily defined, my presence not immediately understood.”
Why I Want an Arranged Marriage
Certainly we can’t force people to marry people they don’t want to. But to me, the idea of inviting my parents into the selection process is not such a radical idea.
Schrödinger’s Ovaries
“What I know is this: Some part of me, however small, is already dead. I live around it.”
Why Can’t We All Get Along: Disagreement Within the Disability Community
I want to surround myself with people who argue with me, for I learn so much more from these conversations.
The Woman Who Lives on a Disappearing Mountain
She told me that if I took her picture my camera would break, but I smiled and asked to try. Two weeks later my camera broke.
“Mad, or Wicked, or Both”: Women Seeking the South Pole
It wasn’t just that Antarctica was no place for women—it was expressly a place for men.
“Rhode Island Red”: A Novel by Charlotte Carter
Carter’s characters rarely do what one might expect. Reading her work just gives you a jolt.
In Defense of Fast Girls Who Just Want to Dance
“We were free and naïve enough to believe we could navigate the terrain of men’s hunger and their hands unscathed.”
Nietzsche and Kanye Don’t Know Shit About My Migraine Pain
“Migraine is deceptive pain. It lies when it begins, and it lies about what it signifies. It signifies nothing.”
What My Tribal ID Can Tell Me About Being Wampanoag, and What It Can’t
I needed those moments of tangible Native-ness, because I was never sure if I was Native enough.