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04
Aug
On Max Miller’s dinner

On Max Miller’s dinner

Believing survivors means understanding that survivors do many things to keep themselves safe — including cook dinner for their abusers.
4 min read
21
Jul
When people are killed in service to “public safety”

When people are killed in service to “public safety”

If we are truly going to talk about public safety, we don’t get to cherry pick who gets counted in that public. And I cannot say the following strongly enough: Your right to be safe from being shot should not be predicated on the accident of your country of birth.
6 min read
14
Jul
Misogyny in progressive clothing

Misogyny in progressive clothing

People in lefty spaces hurt other people all the time. They hurt people who are supposed to be their collaborators
5 min read
09
Jun
What price, all this violence?

What price, all this violence?

When I started to write this over a week ago a hunger and labor strike was happening at Delaney Hall,
5 min read
13
May
A reflection after Mother’s Day

A reflection after Mother’s Day

I am thinking about mothers and I am thinking about their children. And I am thinking about all of the
4 min read
03
May
When the government thinks abortion pills are scarier than guns

When the government thinks abortion pills are scarier than guns

On safety in the era of Trump
6 min read
19
Apr
It’s the guns. It’s the domestic violence.

It’s the guns. It’s the domestic violence.

On the minimization of domestic violence in our society
5 min read
06
Apr
Our children are watching

Our children are watching

As people around the world were celebrating Easter, Donald Trump saw fit to mark one of the holiest days on
5 min read
08
Mar
A reflection on International Women’s Day

A reflection on International Women’s Day

Today I am thinking of women who will never be. Iranian schoolgirls blown up in their classrooms, erased from existence
4 min read
24
Feb
Misogyny on Ice

Misogyny on Ice

It was emotional whiplash. We watched the US men’s hockey team poignantly honor a teammate who died in 2024,
5 min read