Working Through My Trauma, One Fetish at a Time

What would sexuality even feel like without all this pain?

It's a big deal for me to share this vulnerable story in Human Parts, on Medium.

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

Sex is Revolutionary, in This Online World

Are we really more connected that ever?

Published in P. S. I Love You on Medium.

¡Viva la revolución! Photo by Matheus Ferrero on Unsplash

The Man Who Choked Me on a First Date

Why it took me six dates to tell him “No.”

Published in P. S. I Love You on Medium

Woman gasping for breath. Cropped Photo by Noah Buscher on Unsplash

 

Happy Ironic Valentine's Breakup Day

Happy Ironic Valentine's Breakup Day
Heart-Shaped Tofu and Creamed Corn
Published in P. S. I Love You on Medium

Photo by Paco Rives Manresa — CC BY-SA 2.0

We Tried to Choose the Sex of Our Baby

We Tried to Choose the Sex of Our Baby
Even though we knew it shouldn't matter.

Published in P. S. I Love You on Medium.

My baby peeking at you. Photo Credit: Author

"We thought about all the cultures that favored boy babies, and wanted to offset that. Smash the patriarchy, and all that.

And we both appreciated how, currently, it’s a lot easier to raise a female to be whoever she wants to be (quiet or loud, wild or bookish, beautifully embodying every contradiction). Raising males this way is important work too, but it sounded harder, and we are lazy.

So why not just choose a girl?"

Read it all on Medium.

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