Chelsea Cristene

If Trump is right (there’s a first time for everything) and we need to state what a problem is before solving it, then let’s state it now. Radical white terrorism.

Wanting a child and wanting to experience childbirth are two very different things.

When men’s dating preferences were observed, the age of women they expressed interest in never (never!) deviated from the early 20s.

Chipping away at the problem of bisexual erasure starts with living truth out loud.

Illness is intensely personal, but it never affects the person diagnosed alone.

That’s the thing about perfectionism. When you chase something unattainable, you complete a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Thank you, Isolde, for making me pause, for encouraging me to ditch the pocket computer for conversation with someone new.

Anyone who has been a victim of abuse will tell you that the burden of emotional labor is enormous, and that it’s amplified by the pressure to keep quiet.

Knowing a few compulsive liars over the course of my life has taught me some things. Living during Trump’s presidency has reinforced them.

I see no such kerfuffle over straight men at gay bars, so it appears that this brand of exclusivity is Dicks Only.