Voices

Validate my pain. Acknowledge my suffering. And know that, for me, it’s very real.

Soy Adiba Nelson, y soy Latina también!

In today’s world, children may be a financial liability, but that shouldn’t make them a luxury item.

Don’t ask me to explain how hormones can make a person feel so free.

Feminism is so hot right now; even men are feminists, ladies. Channing Tatum is doing feminism, Jon Hamm is doing feminism...all the good ones, really. So, how do you know if you’re a feminist? And how do you know if you are feminist enough?

Contrary to popular belief, I didn’t grow up despondent, purposeless, or lost.

"The worst part is that I internalized those messages."

A thousand Bach violin concertos swirling around my crib, imprinting those melodies on my brain, had not changed the fact that I was meant to be a cellist. And a thousand “she’s,” beginning from the moment that I was born, had not changed the fact that I had grown up to be a “he.”