Tackling an MFA with chronic illness
According to the Migraine Research Foundation, 2% of the U.S. population suffers from chronic migraine, a severe disability that dramatically … Continue reading Facing up to My Disability and My Prejudices
Over the last two years, I’ve read Beowulf, Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, More’s Utopia, Aristotle’s Poetics, and sections from The Epic … Continue reading The Western Literary Canon, or the Curious Case of the Male Ego
Growing up Mormon in the 1980s, I didn’t experience much pop culture beyond Rainbow Brite and E.T. But in 1988, … Continue reading The Androgynous Genius of David Bowie
I inherited an odd brain. When the winter sun hits the three o’clock slant and stares me straight in the … Continue reading Passing Normal: When Your Mother Has Autism
Back when it first aired, I reacted the way football fans do when their home team wins. I bounced up … Continue reading How the Sexism of The West Wing Turned Me off Sorkin
Just a few months ago, I was scrolling through Netflix and stumbled across the award-winning CW series, Jane the Virgin. I haven’t logged off since. … Continue reading 3 Lessons for the Flashback from Jane the Virgin
