White Supremacy
Breakfast can take you quite far
I grew up in a mixed reality.
Essays
Family
What are you waiting for this year?
In January, I always find myself waiting for something, anything.
an impossible horizon
ghosts, grief and hope at maximum tilt
Wonka and the problem of old stories
Roald Dahl’s framework has a different physics than the world King is trying to build.
Reproductive Rights
a pocket observatory abortion primer
I miscarried on a toilet, too! ARREST ME.
Grandmothers
Moon Dust
Who is going to housekeep on the moon?
Writing
I hear voices
This essay is about creativity, care work, childhood promises, and mornings when it’s hard to wake up.
Averted Vision
The world is getting darker
Daughters
playhouses
My five-year-old, Brontë, has her first bad cold of the season. She kind of reminds me of a grumpy gnome
Writing
You and I were in Columbia Journalism Review
Somewhat unbelievably, you and I have been featured in the Columbia Journalism Review. Can I tell you about it?
Earlier
War
something scattered
falling leaves and falling bombs
Christian Nationalism
Tim Ballard Said He Buried Me
I would very much like to be excluded from this narrative.
War
war, vampires and resurrection light
this is worth your attention
Mormonism
Altar Bound
men who hide behind pulpits and priesthood
Writing
welcome to pocket observatory
I use my pocket observatory to collect the dead starlight illuminating trending topics. Detect atomic insights in kitchen breadcrumbs. Listen for the cultural frequencies that move through all of us. Every piece of writing and bit of audio is a single imprecise measure.
Patriarchy
Altar Bound
A series on the LDS Church and abuse
Daughters
Oracles and Angry Girls
Choose what is divine
Daughters
In Which I Rot in the Ground
but only by one measure