Celebrating #WritersandEditorsofColor Sharing The #WritingCommunity Platform

I want to introduce you to some writers you may have never heard of, if you don't hit Medium on a regular basis, or you're not yet on Twitter. (why aren't you?) Some of these writers are people I admire from afar, and others are who have the most influence on the work that I … Continue reading Celebrating #WritersandEditorsofColor Sharing The #WritingCommunity Platform

A Letter To The Man Who Saw The Woman Beneath The Beast Dedicated to @WordsBySC

Growing up I knew a LOT of men who saw a broken animal and used what they saw to cause more harm than was necessary, than was appropriate. Throughout my social media life, even before Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok and many others existed, I have met a few really good men in my life. … Continue reading A Letter To The Man Who Saw The Woman Beneath The Beast Dedicated to @WordsBySC

Books Are My Friends: They Bring Me Love/Pain/Sorrow/Adventure/Freedom They Are My Salvation

I want to step outside of talking about trauma, so I thought I would talk about some of my favorite authors and the writing tropes they use to put their stories together. I don't often do "book reviews", and this isn't really a selection of reviews, so much as it's a list of authors I … Continue reading Books Are My Friends: They Bring Me Love/Pain/Sorrow/Adventure/Freedom They Are My Salvation

JK Rowling Pissed Me Off

There is a chance she'll never read this, but I don't care. I'm really angry because I am so distracted by what she said about Trans people and about intersectionality, that I can't focus on what it is that I really want to say. Originally this post was a self congratulatory post about how great … Continue reading JK Rowling Pissed Me Off