No politician or political party will ever perfectly embody our values or respond blamelessly to the myriad of crises that present themselves.
In Between Israel and Gaza: Can We Grieve All Innocent Life?
There isn’t an easy way for people who grieve life wherever it is destroyed to participate in necessary conversations about a path forward.
There isn’t an easy way for people who grieve life wherever it is destroyed to participate in necessary conversations about a path forward.
7 Things All Online Creators Want You to Know
Most people simply don’t realize how important online creators are to them because they’ve gotten so used to their presence.
Most people simply don’t realize how important online creators are to them because they’ve gotten so used to their presence.
There’s a Conservative War on Women—and Decent Men Should Care
This should be a non-partisan, interfaith emergency.
This should be a non-partisan, interfaith emergency.
Nex Benedict Was Killed By a Republican Culture War. We Cannot Stand for It.
Until the Right reckons with the flesh-and-blood cost of their continual verbal assault on a group of already marginalized people, ,these physical assaults will continue—and they will have that blood on their hands.
Until the Right reckons with the flesh-and-blood cost of their continual verbal assault on a group of already marginalized people, ,these physical assaults will continue—and they will have that blood on their hands.
The Last Hug From Someone You Love
We can’t prepare for these abrupt and permanent disconnections.
We can’t prepare for these abrupt and permanent disconnections.
Stop Saying Love Wins
Love isn’t going to legislate protections for the planet and the poor and the marginalized.
Love isn’t going to legislate protections for the planet and the poor and the marginalized.
MAGAs, It’s You. Hi. You’re the Problem, It’s You.
In order to embrace the MAGA movement you cannot allow anyone to enjoy being alive.
In order to embrace the MAGA movement you cannot allow anyone to enjoy being alive.
Destroying the Golden Idol of Christian Nationalism
I will not bow to this empty, shimmering monstrosity of Christian nationalism.
I will not bow to this empty, shimmering monstrosity of Christian nationalism.
A Snowflake Manifesto
The climate of bigotry and bullying will not stand, because we will alter it. We will change the weather:
The climate of bigotry and bullying will not stand, because we will alter it. We will change the weather:
Let People Know What You’re Against
I want to state my disgust with such clarity that misunderstanding me is not possible.
I want to state my disgust with such clarity that misunderstanding me is not possible.
I Don’t Grieve Trump’s Hatred, I Grieve His Supporters’ Hatred
His ascendance has been a raking light illuminating everything hidden and I am viewing my countrymen and women through him.
His ascendance has been a raking light illuminating everything hidden and I am viewing my countrymen and women through him.
LGBTQ People Don’t Need the Pope’s (or Anyone Else’s) Blessing
Religious people aren’t the gatekeepers of the kingdom.
Religious people aren’t the gatekeepers of the kingdom.
An American Lost in America
Maybe this was never the place I thought it was.
Maybe this was never the place I thought it was.
Oh, There’s No Place Like Homesick for the Holidays
Homesickness is indeed a difficult, sometimes cruel companion during the holidays, but it’s one you should welcome warmly.
Homesickness is indeed a difficult, sometimes cruel companion during the holidays, but it’s one you should welcome warmly.
Holidays and Empty Chairs
I just want you to know that I see your waiting, your grief, and your pain, and that I wait and grieve and suffer too.
I just want you to know that I see your waiting, your grief, and your pain, and that I wait and grieve and suffer too.