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On Sin and Shame and Bringing It on Yourself

I was pretty well known as a troublemaker in Sunday school from early on. I was even banned from asking questions at one point. It wasn’t that I had a rebellious spirit — I fully accepted that the Bible was the word of God and infallible. I just needed… help…

Recipe

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On Sin and Shame and Bringing It on Yourself
On Sin and Shame and Bringing It on Yourself
Recipe

8 min read


Aug 28

Relationship Anarchy, Solo Polyamory, or Just Disorganized Attachment?

So, I’ve done it. I’m back in the US, away from my ex and officially and now safely single. Great. Fantastic news. I’m free. I can do whatever I want. I can see whomever I want. I… uh… hmm. Well, this is just a whole other can of worms, now…

Relationships

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Relationship Anarchy, Solo Polyamory, or Just Disorganized Attachment?
Relationship Anarchy, Solo Polyamory, or Just Disorganized Attachment?
Relationships

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Jun 1

Climate Change Is a Lost Cause, but It’s Our Lost Cause

I came to climate change through food and grief and social justice. I will probably be talking a lot more about all of that in the coming months, as I embark on a new venture to re-tool my life as best I can to implement the things I’ve learned and…

Climate Change

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Climate Change Is a Lost Cause, but It’s Our Lost Cause
Climate Change Is a Lost Cause, but It’s Our Lost Cause
Climate Change

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Jan 24

Five Dark, Mysterious Novels by Women for Late Winter

Late January is a weird in-between time for a lot of people. The holidays are over and the excitement of New Year’s resolutions are beginning to fade, but there’s still a lot of cold, dark winter left to get through. I like to embrace the dark and the cold at…

Readinglist

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Five Dark, Mysterious Novels by Women for Late Winter
Five Dark, Mysterious Novels by Women for Late Winter
Readinglist

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Jan 17

On Keeping One’s Own Company

Let’s talk about agoraphobia and the pandemic. — I haven’t spoken much about this in the past, mostly because I haven’t wanted it to define me, but the older I get, the harder it gets to tell the difference between something that’s “wrong” with me and something that’s just different from most people. Which is to say, I…

Mental Health

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On Keeping One’s Own Company
On Keeping One’s Own Company
Mental Health

13 min read


Dec 31, 2022

December Feminist Reading List: 2022 Round-up

This list was extremely hard for me to narrow down, so much so that I was originally aiming for a nice, round 10 choices but ended up with 12. I couldn’t make myself cut two more. I read 91 books in 2022, and if I’m not mistaken, only two of…

Books

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December Feminist Reading List: 2022 Round-up
December Feminist Reading List: 2022 Round-up
Books

11 min read


Nov 15, 2022

Seven Books by Native Women to Read During National Native American Heritage Month

November is National Native American Heritage Month in the US, and also the month in which a lot of Americans wheel out a disturbing revision of history related to Native communities on one of the culture’s biggest holidays, so I thought it would be a good time to highlight work…

Books

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Seven Books by Native Women to Read During National Native American Heritage Month
Seven Books by Native Women to Read During National Native American Heritage Month
Books

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Oct 31, 2022

Halloween Has Been Tainted in Seoul This Year, So Let’s Talk About Samhain Instead

I live in Seoul, just about five minutes up the street from the Hamilton Hotel, where this weekend’s horrific and tragic events unfolded around midnight on Saturday. I heard the sirens long before news started to break online and actually first heard about what was going on when I turned…

History

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Halloween Has Been Tainted in Seoul This Year, So Let’s Talk About Samhain Instead
Halloween Has Been Tainted in Seoul This Year, So Let’s Talk About Samhain Instead
History

6 min read


Oct 29, 2022

The Ex-husband and the Birthday Cake

I’ve gone back and forth about whether or not to write this, but I keep thinking about a show I watched around this time last year and the effect that it had on me. You can read more of my thoughts about the show, Maid, here. I wasn’t ready to…

Feminism

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The Ex-husband and the Birthday Cake
The Ex-husband and the Birthday Cake
Feminism

10 min read


Oct 26, 2022

A Place of One’s Own

When I was 14, I woke up one morning around 4am to hear my mother screaming and sobbing in the living room. I climbed out of bed and went out to find her on her knees with the phone pressed to her ear. For a little over a year, since…

Nonfiction

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A Place of One’s Own
A Place of One’s Own
Nonfiction

5 min read

E. Black

E. Black

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Top writer in Feminism. Writer and Translator. Living in a cabin by a creek in the North Country. http://www.followtherivernorth.substack.com

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