Resist

How To | Health | Resist
Staying Sober Through 2020

On January 6, 2021, I was 1,328 days sober. As domestic terrorists attempted a coup on the United States government, my heart broke for anyone on Day 6 of sobriety.

May 10, 2021
How To | Resist
How to Be Gay and Safe in Nigeria

“The singular duty you owe yourself is to be alive. Don’t jeopardize that for unsolvable peril.”

Jun 28, 2018
How To | Resist
Sometimes I Want to March

Despite hopes that writing is enough to cope with reality, to admit we should do something other than writing was liberating.

Oct 24, 2017
How To | Resist
The Invisibles: American Polarization and the Reality Gap

“The fracturing of our political reality is a wound a long time in the making.”

Aug 16, 2017
How To | Resist
You’ll Feel a Pinch: An Attempt to Get Birth Control to Outlast a Presidency

“Taking care of our bodies is a privilege when it should be a right.”

Jul 13, 2017
How To | Resist
I’m a Person—Not a Pre-Existing Condition

“The worst days I’ve ever known could be my future under the American Health Care Act.”

May 15, 2017
Nonfiction | Resist
Who Gets to Cry

Episode 2 of Underground explores the challenges of allyship and the luxury of grief

Mar 17, 2017
How To | Resist
In Praise of the Salon: Field Notes for the Aspiring Bluestocking

I witnessed how easily art might braid to politics, how easily fellowship might inspire movement.

Jan 25, 2017