The actor had to be tough but never scary, wise-cracking but rule-abiding, and play his White audience’s cool Black friend
To me, danger was power and power was control and I was starving for it
I anticipate I will die wondering—about everything
From novels to TV shows to music videos, queer women are meeting a very dramatic, very wet end
I grew up believing Native American heritage would make me important and special
I’m old enough now to reread my influences, revise my thinking, and be revised myself
The school district used a rhetoric of scarcity to determine which kids it would support, and which kids it would eventually remove
I was 14 the last time this level of bullying and harassment happened in my life
Not all who wander are lost, but I am, and I’ve almost always felt that way
We're dishing out our uncensored and unvarnished thoughts
Trying to justify my body will always make my sentences too long
Modern retellings of Mary Shelley’s classic are everywhere, but most of them don’t capture the magic of the original
Thank You!
