Why I'm Terrified to Send My Kid to Public School

(And why I'm going to do it anyway.)
I wrote this today and self-published it on Medium!

You Call THAT Radical Feminism?

After not hearing back from a publication I was hoping to write for, I went ahead and self-published this one on Medium:
You Call That Radical Feminism?: TERFs and Donald Trump are teaming up to take civil rights from trans folk.
 

My Body, Our Choice?

I get pretty personal here, about a struggle going on in my own life, and the broader feminist context.
My Body, Our Choice?, published in P.S. I Love You on Medium. 

Our wedding, photo by Mike & Nickie of Madlove Photography.

Love Letter to My Dog

It's bout time I wrote about this little beast who snuggles me as I type.
Love Letter to My Dog, just published in P.S. I Love You on Medium.

How to Find Time to Write When You're a Parent

This piece is called How to Find Time to Write When You're a Parent, and it's published in the Art & Parenting publication on Medium.
When I started writing, it seemed impossible that I'd actually be able to stick with it. Having a kid really does change everything.
I've been going steady with the writing for 7 months now!!
So far, I've published 24 pieces on Medium (14 of those in publications), 17 articles on the Raise Vegan website, 2 articles for Veganuary, and I think 13 articles in the Raise Vegan print magazine (plus pieces I've already submitted for issues through February).
And I have a couple other drafts out there that I care about, so I'm looking at my options for them. I just got my first rejection from Bitch, and I've already sent them a second!

Photo by Thought Catalog on Unsplash

Uninvited, at My Internet Boyfriend's Door

Oh gosh, all the teenage feels. Enjoy:
Uninvited, at My Internet Boyfriend's Door, published in P.S. I Love You on Medium.

Do Kids Have Empathy?

I almost titled this In Defense of Childhood Empathy.
Parenting is so hard.
So I understand the urge to sweep away the rude things kids do by lamenting that they won't get empathy until they're older.

photo of Tzivia and I, taken by my mom

But, here, I posit that empathy is a language they will learn to speak, if only we speak it to them from the get-go as if they already understand it, just as we do with our mother tongues. Yes, we can start simple, with empathy baby talk, but our kids are wonderful, loving people, who just need some guidance and practice to understand.
Here it is: Do Kids Have Empathy? published in P.S. I Love You on Medium

THE Featured Essay on P.S. I Love You Today!

The editors at the Medium publication P.S. I Love You chose my newest piece as their featured essay today!!! Feeling so proud!! Here's a screenshot...

What's the Most Important Thing? Questions (and Answers from a 4-Year-Old Philosopher)

What's the Most Important Thing?

What's the Most Important Thing?
Questions (and Answers) from a 4-Year-Old Philosopher
Just published in P.S. I Love You on Medium.

To All the Exes I Might've Married (But Didn't):

Here's my newest piece, To All the Exes I Might've Married, published in P.S. I Love You on Medium.

"And I’m sorry I yelled at you.

You were good to me.

You were okay to me.

You were really affectionate when you were intoxicated."

Are You Letting Your Child Be Creative?

Or Just Teaching Them to Follow Directions?

My new piece published in Art and Parenting on Medium.