I know how to love Arkansas through this identity crisis, because like my own identity crisis, self-hatred doesn't accurately represent who Arkansas is.
Embracing Arkansas: A Journey of Love and Self-Discovery
Humanity
Chillbilly Elegy
How many poems for the dead could have been dinners with the living, if my distant cousin hadn't sold his soul for political power?
5 Growing Seeds
Kelsey Lou and sister Karly Lynn must team up to protect one another against the forces of Patriarchy encroaching on their garden, invading their home, and squashing their hopes for real romance – or their futures – to ever blossom.
4 Class
Kelsey Lou felt the weight of this truth, sittin' beside Mr. Bybee smackin' dip under his lip in American History. Even though he was asking for her homework, not sex, it felt the same. Fact was, she'd said no, and he wouldn't take the answer she gave him.
Diplomacy
Once upon a time, I was invited to the table with a group of cisgender people from large NIH-funded organizations, who were voluntarily tasked with addressing transgender inclusion for their entire respective institutions. Another trans person was also invited, but after one meeting, she never returned. It was just me. Just one white guy without … Continue reading Diplomacy
Love in a Time of Fear, part 2
Expecting a partner to respect me as a full human with equal rights is really the bare minimum. It's just a bare minimum most men in the United States don't live up to.
The Front Porch 