Do you remember your first real date? Where you took her, what she wore, how late you stayed out? Do you remember if you opened her car door, or greeted her at her front steps with a bouquet? I bet it felt special: a marked moment of your shared interest in each other, and a …
I think we all grow up with a set of boxes that we feel we need to tick. The expectations of parents, family, teachers, significant others, peers. We’re shaped by these invisible standards that we set for ourselves and for others: ideas of “rights” and “wrongs,” and an artificial sense of timing for achieving those …
I have been so very blessed to have all of my sex work advocacy start off in a highly accepting academic setting. I clearly go to art school. In January when the legalization (not decriminalization) of marijuana passed, the familiar pungent odor of cigarette smoke quickly shifted to a floral herby, well herb. When Sanders …
We all have to face it, the yearly commitment to making some big change in our life, one that, more than likely, we won’t be living up to. As one year comes to its close a new door is opened, brimming with possibilities, it’s impossible to ignore the call to change. It’s taken me some …
The below post was written in response to the Northern California fires this past October. Much to my dismay we are witnessing similar disaster in Southern California. These words are by no means an official guidebook and do not intend to tell you how you choose to help is wrong. They are instead, reflections on …
Sunrise, we don’t often meet you and I. However, on the eve of my birthday, in beautiful Honolulu, I raced to greet the day before you. I’ve certainly never been a morning person; the joy of stealing away under a thick duvet is too great for me to abandon. However, if you’re at all a …