My Debut for Scary Mommy!!!

I just got published in Scary Mommy!!!
What Happened When My 4-Year-Old Cut Her Own Hair by Darcy Reeder
(previously published here on Medium)

Why Presidential Candidates Want You to Think They Grew Up Poor

Is the American dream a reward for hard work or an unfulfilled promise?

I just published this on Medium.

Statue of Liberty Cropped Photo by tom coe on Unsplash

It’s Not Easy to Parent When Your Soul is Leaving Your Body

My post-partum depression recovery was long and filled with brain zaps.

Just submitted this for a Human Parts prompt.
Since I started writing again a year ago, I've known this story was going to have to come out, but I've been afraid to face it. I bawled as I wrote it. I hope it ends up being therapeutic for me.

Photo by Davide Pietralunga on Unsplash

Right Now, The United States is Running Concentration Camps - Jewish Perspective

Right Now, The United States is Running Concentration Camps

As a Jew, I can tell you Never Again is not just about us.

I just published this on Medium. I kept reading stories about conditions in these US concentration camps, and I needed to raise my voice. Brainstorming what else I can do. I don't want to be a bystander.

Prison Bars with Human Shadow Photo by Ye Jinghan on Unsplash

A Fertilized Egg is Not a Human Being

Humans are worth protecting because we are feeling creatures with a desire to live, not because we contain human DNA.

"I have a uterus, and my body autonomy is under attack.

As more and more states pass abortion bans and restrictions, Conservatives continue to claim “life begins at conception.” They seem to suggest, if only we can agree the cells of a fertilized egg are alive, we’ll also agree it’s okay to legally force a woman (or trans or nonbinary person with a uterus) to give birth.

But this simplification ignores that a live cell is not the same as a thinking, feeling, socially attached creature with a desire to live. The cut roses on my kitchen table are alive. The bacteria in and on my body are alive. Even if, for some reason, we’re talking only about human DNA, the still-sticky sperm in the tube sock on your bedroom floor is alive."

Published in Fearless She Wrote on Medium.

Smiley face egg photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

Baking Bread with My Grandmother’s Ghost

My parents didn’t cook, so I learned to bake from an old VHS of my Grandmommy.

Published in One Table, One World on Medium.

Rolls Photo by Monika Grabkowska on Unsplash

 

My Human Parts Debut has gone viral.

In the week since I published I Don't Understand Straight People, Even Though I'm Married to One, it's gotten over 24K views (over 3.4K from Twitter alone) and, by itself, made more money than I'd previously made in a month writing for Medium. Whoa.

More than ever, I understand now that one fantastic piece is worth so much more (to me) than a million okay pieces.

Of course, not everyone's into it. I wrote this piece about the negative feedback I've received and my response to it: I Expected the Homophobic Trolls, But Why Are Lesbians Mad at Me?

I know I just said I realized the power of publishing fantastic stuff--and I'm not really claiming that this response piece fits that description--but I also just really wanted to get my response out there.

Blurred Rainbow Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash

I Don’t Understand Straight People, Even Though I’m Married to One - My debut for Human Parts!

I Don’t Understand Straight People, Even Though I’m Married to One

I’m confident in my sexuality, but my husband’s makes no sense to me

My debut for HUMAN PARTS (OMG OMG OMG OMG) on Medium

Photo of me and my hubz

Be Loud and Proud About Your Birth Control -- I made an earring out of my IUD!

Be Loud and Proud About Your Birth Control

I made an earring out of my IUD, because reproductive choice is nothing to be ashamed of.

Published in Fearless She Wrote, the feminist publication on Medium.

Me wearing the earring I made out of my old IUD. Photo Credit: Author

My Family Can Buy Whatever We Want with Food Stamps

My child deserves to grow up happy and secure, even though we rely on government assistance.

Published in Home Sweet Home on Medium

Everybody needs a treat sometimes. Photo by Analia Baggiano on Unsplash