Failure State Games
My kid is in lockdown. Right now
Newsletters
Where were you in 2008?
The Global Financial Crisis wasn't just a story about banks. It's your story too.
Love
I'll Carry it For You
"I don't think radical joy feels like happiness."
Gender + Identity
Mormon Cowboys, Drew Barrymore and Trans Joy
Joy requires neither ease nor permission.
Reproductive Rights
One of Walgreens biggest stockholders commissioned Fearless Girl
None of us are fearless girls because they'll keep funding things built to make us afraid.
Childhood
The Babysitter's Club Book Covers are for Sale
Meg and The Need to Buy One
Riley was in a Mr. Clean Commercial
Also, it's my birthday
Attention is All You Need
Nail biting through an Adderall shortage while AI models get all the digital dopamine they need.
If You Prick Us, Do We Not Bleed?
Blood, Extraction and Regeneration
Writing
Worth doesn't have to be tethered to recognition
A bad day and also some reading material
Childhood
Fine, I'll admit it. I like Titanic.
At risk of drowning in a culture hostile to earnest girls, Titanic was a lifeboat
Surveillance State
The internet searches I made during my miscarriage are still on a Google server
As we debate the future of internet search, we need to remember that the way we find answers matters.
Mormonism
I talked about LDS domestic violence on NPR
And then the LDS missionaries knocked on my door
Fire and Food Kisses
Before the stove debate simmered, fire formed us.
Mormonism
Trauma ate my newsletter
Family annihilation and cooking with gas
Marriage
I guess this turned into a love letter
I thought I was writing about hobbits and 9/11
Grief
Vultures, Motherhood and the Dead (Year)
Vultures taught me what to do with the dead.
One Thing I Learned in 2022
Life is not a classroom. Some years it’s hard to remember how to breathe, let alone feel like I’