hope

Mental illness is hard. Being a person is hard. Don’t try to do it alone.

Ever had an imagined conversation with optimism? Yeah, me too.

In these days post-election, like many Americans, I

Massachusetts couple Lauri and Cari Ryding came home from vacation to find their porch a mess. Someone had egged their house. They were targeted because they’re gay — the vandals made their hate apparent by also stealing the Ryding’s rainbow flag.

To the tattoo artist, I was a flesh canvas that she could transform into something beautiful.

To prove a point about harassment, a Cosmo writer took to the streets with a special package.

Anderson Cooper recently attempted to get inside the brain of a schizophrenic. I decided to do the same—with illuminating results.