Chelsea Cristene

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

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

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

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

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

I reject the insistence that a woman can’t choose what makes her feel beautiful without regard for the judgement of others.

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

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.

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