Just Cut the Watermelon
The watermelon didn’t go bad. Today this feels like a personal victory. It’s not that it’s my job to make sure it doesn’t go bad, …
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Beth Kephart: Living a ‘Small Life’ Is Big
Originally published in HuffPost Books 4/16/2015 Brief Interviews is a series in which writers discuss language, literature, and a handful of Proustian personality questions. Beth …
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Don’t Tell My Mother! Creator Tells Her Mother Everything
Originally posted on Huffington Post 05/07/2015 1:16 pm EDT In October 2011, Nikki Levy was 34 and had just broken up with her girlfriend. Her …
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Making Space
Our cat Zaria loves a good windowsill. She doesn’t care that her ass is too big to fit in one. She gets what she can …
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Author Patrice Vecchione on unity.org
By Annie L. Scholl for unity.org. Patrice Vecchione’s latest book, Step Into Nature (Atria Books/Beyond Words, $16) was released on March 31. Patrice is the …
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Stop Fighting to Legalize Discrimination
Originally posted in HUFFPOST GAY VOICES02/25/2015 2:43 pm EST I don’t have time for this. I have clients waiting for web pages I’m writing. Our …
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Why It Matters Who Ellen Page Loves
Originally published in HUFFPOST GAY VOICES, 02/18/2014 Yet another famous person, this time the adorable actress Ellen Page, has come out gay. She did so in …
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Finding the Courage to Ask for Help
Toni Aldrich Church loved her breasts. They were 36 DD. They defined her femininity. “They were the eye-catcher,” she said. She took care of them, …
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Hating the Hate in Showtime’s “L Word Mississippi”
Disturbing. Beautiful. Compelling. Provocative. I wanted it to be over—and I didn’t want it to end. That’s my succinct review of “L Word Mississippi: Hate …
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Making Sense of the Senseless
I don’t know Robin Williams, but like everyone else, I feel like I did. So when I heard the news that he had died of …
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