Some time ago, I came across a condescending ad from the 1950s about how cleaning the house is physically strenuous… Read more What Was So Wrong With “Women’s Work” Before It Had to Become “Meaningful”?
“Drips” and Drabs (The Grossest Phrase Ever)
When one thinks of “dribs and drabs,” surely no good image can come to mind. Especially when one has been… Read more “Drips” and Drabs (The Grossest Phrase Ever)
Ill-Disguising Armor
Mom used to tell me that people stared at me because I was so beautiful. Maybe back then, in my… Read more Ill-Disguising Armor
The (Dry) Well of Human Kindness
She walks down the street with something like a spring in her step, foolish enough to believe that she won’t… Read more The (Dry) Well of Human Kindness
The Location You’re Seeking No Longer Exists
I go to the post office that isn’t there. Except I don’t know that it isn’t there until I’m already… Read more The Location You’re Seeking No Longer Exists
A Musical Malady
Can I hold it all in? Everything that’s inside me? I mean literally. Something I ate is begging to explode… Read more A Musical Malady
What Hath Ariana Grande’s Grandmother Wrought?
Ever since Ariana Grande unleashed Eternal Sunshine onto the world, it was not her voice that echoed through Luna’s mind,… Read more What Hath Ariana Grande’s Grandmother Wrought?
Joke’s On You
When her ex broke up with her, she knew that, in the end, the joke would be on him. That… Read more Joke’s On You
A Previously Untapped Circle of Hell
There is an unaccounted circle of hell that Dante never mentioned in print. I won’t number it, but it’s there,… Read more A Previously Untapped Circle of Hell
There Goes Your Middle-Class Vacation
While Hawaii, to many, feels like an exotic, far-removed location that it takes a lot of coin to arrive at,… Read more There Goes Your Middle-Class Vacation
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