The Top Ten Hardest Things about UnemploymentA friend texted me the other day. She’d been more recently laid off than me, and wanted to chat. She said I’d been handling everything so…Feb 22Feb 22
How To Save (part of) the WorldI accidentally wrote a letter to myself, and it taught me how to save the world.Feb 14Feb 14
4 Weeks of Unemployment, a Data ReviewFour weeks ago today, I was called into a meeting at work. I wasn’t told what the meeting was about, but there had been talk of a possible…Feb 71Feb 71
An Exceedingly Honest, Slightly Unprofessional Cover/Love Letter to MyselfI’ve been too weird for every job I’ve ever had.Jan 15Jan 15
The Book World Often Breaks My Heart, and the Books Stitch it Back Together.I work in publishing as an editor, and I also write books and I also read lots of books. In metaphorical terms, I enjoy a well-made…Dec 31, 20241Dec 31, 20241
My Resistance SyllabusHere’s three books I’m reading this week that I’ve found awfully helpful in understanding how we got here and what the work ahead could be…Nov 10, 2024Nov 10, 2024
Nex, the Nex in my home, the Nex in Every Classroom, Deserves Life.There’s a lot we don’t know about Nex, the non-binary child who was killed in an Oklahoma school on February 8th. We know Nex was beaten in…Feb 20, 20241Feb 20, 20241
My Favorite Things (and not things) this YearBefore I share my favorite things this year, I want to share a piece of one of my favorite things ever, which is John Hodgman’s speech at a…Dec 27, 2023Dec 27, 2023