I'm thrilled to come full circle with this excerpt from my book in @Longreads today. Publishing an essay with them two years ago led to this book finding a home. So grateful. longreads.com/2021/02/09/bin…

Hundreds of salmon are now spawning in Klamath River tributaries above the 4 recently dismantled dams for the first time 60 & 112 years. It is exciting and bodes well for the future. Still, it will take several years for fish runs to recover & there is still much more work to do.

sparing myself the small personal violence of listening to another "interviews with undecided voters" podcast

Did not predict the collective Tim Walz orgasm this site would become, but I'm here for it.

Tonic masculinity!!!!!!!!!

Okay, time out. Listen up. Contrary to the vile disinformation being spread online, there are no trans women competing in boxing at the Olympics. In fact, there are no trans women competing at all in the Olympics. None. Zilch. There are two non-binary athletes competing who were assigned female at birth: track and field star Nikki Hiltz (U.S.) and soccer star Quinn (Canada). There is one trans man competing (that means he was assigned female at birth): Hergie Bacyadan (Philippines), who became the first trans man to ever compete at the Olympics. He was soundly defeated by unanimous decision in the first round of women’s boxing by China’s Li Quan. I take pride in all of these athletes who are breaking barriers, and it’s completely disgusting to watch insecure and hateful men on this site spread lies and half-truths about trans athletes. My congratulations to Ms. Quan on her resounding victory, to Mr. Bacyadan for his historic accomplishment in qualifying for the Games, to Hiltz and Quinn for their representation on the highest stage, and to every athlete living up to the highest standards of competition and character. We’re not gonna let bigots ruin these Games for us. They don’t get to have that power.

I have gone down so many reddit rabbit holes around PDA and audhd and parenting so I am so glad @JennBerney went deep on Low-Demand Amanda! romper.com/parenting/low-dem…

One fun activity is logging onto this site and then trying to figure out what essay everyone is talking about but not directly naming.

nevermind i have a walk from the parking garage so here’s one thing to think through: we don’t write essays to be loved! that’s our friends’ job! the self in CNF is crafted to address the topics at hand. knowing the “i” of the essay doesn’t mean you know the writer for real.

I loved talking to Diana Whitney, and loved just as much being able to revisit that conversation by editing it for Electric Lit.

This essay is by far the most personal piece I have ever written, and publishing it feels like the scariest—and most important—thing I have ever done. It is about the hell that was my childhood, and how systems of power and abuse are created—and upheld. guernicamag.com/the-protagon…

Book birthday! Thanks to all our writers and artists for sharing their amazing work. And to @WSUPress for making our dream of a book into reality.

First review of Infertilities, out in two weeks!

"I want to keep standing outside of time, stewing in my own moods and pretending it’s because I’ve rejected capitalism, not that it’s rejected me."

I loved talking to @SarahViren about her compelling new book that still has me thinking about the harm of dishonesty and the nature of truth.

Infertilities, A Curation, forthcoming with @WSUPress , features personal narrative on infertility and LGBTQ family building by @krysmalcolmbelc @CherylEKleinLA @JennBerney @carlasameth and many more. #LGBTQIA #infertility #PrideMonth2023

"I have reveled in the freedom to control my body’s destiny, to access fertility care and transition care, but the body I’ve ended up with is not like other postpartum bodies." ✏️: @krysmalcolmbelc romper.com/life/gym-trans-po…