War
Conquest, war, famine + death
The future reached back and changed the past. It changed the once standalone war to end all wars into the first in a series.
Childhood
Life Eras
Authoritarianism
I guess we're burning books now
The answer is more books. Not fewer. Always.
Children's Rights
Get to Work, Children
"Only poor kids have to work to have fun."
I've Slept with my Baby Blankie for 36 Years
I could be embarrassed about my baby blanket. Instead, I'll tell you everything it's taught me.
Patriarchy
Angry Girls, Angry Women
What was the first album by a woman you remember feeling was forbidden?
Childhood
An Ordinary Age
Raised in a culture veined with the fool’s gold of American Exceptionalism, I thought I had to be exceptional.
At Home with Anica Wong
An elegant dance in a utilitarian kitchen.
Mormonism
My Mother Risked It All on the Beanie Baby Boom
She was a Mormon homemaker who just wanted to take part in the market economy. Then it all came crashing down.
Finding My Family’s Bones
How visiting Appalachia helped me begin to understand my family
ADHD
People Said I Was ‘Special.’ Really, I Just Had ADHD.
The diagnosis that came decades later than it should have
Childhood
Live with Regis and Kathie Lee!
I was a kid with an anxiety disorder. Regis Philbin was my (unlikely) hero
What a Zoom Funeral Taught Me About Death
As my daughters and I stared at a livestream of an open casket, I realized death is always remote
Childhood
My High School Was Full of Boys Like Alex Jones
On fact, fiction, and the origin stories we claim as our own