Sometimes it’s very difficult to deal with life’s unanswered questions.
A Respite from the Unknown
On Friends Without Benefits: It’s Complicated, But Possible
In most cases, any more-than-friendly vibes are very low on the totem pole, like some inevitable result of biology that you can’t totally shake, but that you’re not trying to act on, either.
Life Sucks… But I Love It?
On mining the everyday, the outwardly mundane, and even the supposedly-corny for glimmers of greatness and excitement.
On My Mother, the Greatest Love-Hate Relationship of My Life
It’s the curse that most mothers and daughters know well: how to take an overwhelming connection and employ it, misguidedly, as a weapon.
A Note On My Dad & His Best Friend, Jonathan Waxman
Though they were strikingly different in some ways, Jonathan’s presence is still very much my Dad’s.
I Am So Tired…
A Lemonade-inspired note on fuckboys in gentleman’s clothing.
On Compliments: The Fat-Free Food of Creatives
We are what we create rings true, and thus discounts whether it actually is.
Holiday Dread, By Way of Disordered Eating
Every time a family event looms on the horizon, I’m forced into mental gymnastics: how to enjoy myself without pushing too many buttons of self-loathing.
On Seeing My Dad in Dreams
As time has passed, so has my willingness to confront what’s been taken from us.
