Partnership is not an abdication of responsibility.
What I Didn’t Learn in Sex Ed
It would have been helpful and encouraging to know that no one is good at sex right away.
It would have been helpful and encouraging to know that no one is good at sex right away.
No New Messages
I wait for a text message that I know will not come.
I wait for a text message that I know will not come.
I Had a Chance to Call Out a Man…and Failed
I cringed when the words came out of his mouth.
I cringed when the words came out of his mouth.
I Can Be a Real Jerk
Knowing how badly I can hurt others is a reflection on me and the way I relate in moments I know I’m wrong.
Knowing how badly I can hurt others is a reflection on me and the way I relate in moments I know I’m wrong.
The Wake of Love
My heart is broken. I miss her. How I wish I could re-write our script. How I wish we weren’t here, apart.
My heart is broken. I miss her. How I wish I could re-write our script. How I wish we weren’t here, apart.
Do Men Understand the Fear We Represent?
Consider the world women inhabit, and take the time to imagine what that must be like.
Consider the world women inhabit, and take the time to imagine what that must be like.
What’s Wrong With the Best?
The world is changing, and what was normal and acceptable before should be challenged and changed.
The world is changing, and what was normal and acceptable before should be challenged and changed.
When We Fail Each Other
You shouldn’t have argued with me, even if you were right.
You shouldn’t have argued with me, even if you were right.
Friends Aren’t Optional
I am here to declare and speak openly, as a middle-aged man, how badly I need and want friends. The irony, of course, is I am not alone in this.
I am here to declare and speak openly, as a middle-aged man, how badly I need and want friends. The irony, of course, is I am not alone in this.
After the Protests
Now is the time when we must all get to the work that matters most.
Now is the time when we must all get to the work that matters most.
10 Things I Now Appreciate More
The task of surviving indefinite quarantine has made me value many things I once took for granted.
The task of surviving indefinite quarantine has made me value many things I once took for granted.
It’s Love That Makes Me Fight
The heavy bag was really moving, noisily twisting and straining under its own weight.
The heavy bag was really moving, noisily twisting and straining under its own weight.
Our Bodies Are Ours Alone
I am responsible for my body and no one else. Not my friends, not my family, not my doctor.
I am responsible for my body and no one else. Not my friends, not my family, not my doctor.
In or Out, Stay or Go: Finding the Line
Where is the line? The line between choosing to stay, and choosing not to.
Where is the line? The line between choosing to stay, and choosing not to.
Scratched: On a Derby Day That Wasn’t
On the absence of ritual, the luxury of frivolity, and of living through history when you don’t want to.
On the absence of ritual, the luxury of frivolity, and of living through history when you don’t want to.