Last year, my best friend (and fellow writer) finished the second draft of her very first novel, and words couldn’t convey how proud I was of her. A book that had been over thirteen years in the making—and which had outlasted undergraduate studies and two Master’s degrees—was finally complete at a whopping 570 pages. It […]

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Guys, it’s time for a little chat. You may not think you know me, but you do: I’m every woman in your life who’s not a relative. Maybe I’m your romantic partner, or your co-worker, or just a woman you’d like to get to know a little better. Whoever I am, I feel like we’ve […]

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We’ve all heard the cliches about millennials, so there’s no need to recap the long list of reasons why my generation is a pack of self-entitled, narcissistic, little bastards who would sooner poke each other with selfie sticks and instasnap mean tweets about the President than do an honest day’s work. One of these arguments […]

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It all started with a story about a little girl and a demon. About halfway through the first draft, I realized that the girl (who was a teenager by this point) hadn’t exhibited romantic interest in anyone yet. Since it’s an underrepresented label anyway, I decided to go with my instincts and make her asexual. […]

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One of the perks of temporarily hosting a displaced artist is the treasure trove of art they bring with them. “Is it nosiness if this is my cabinet?” I asked myself as I rifled through someone else’s things. “I don’t think it’s nosiness. Surely not.” My fingers paused on a particular canvas. “Holy shit.” “You […]

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Before I had a boyfriend, I had Florence. And man, I dated that city hard. I would take myself out for a prosecco each afternoon. Lovely lunches on sunny days with fresh bruschetta, fine cheeses and a good a book. I walked with my thoughts to my favorite faraway piazzas, often toting a picnic of […]

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It’s August in Florence, 2015, and it’s hot as balls. I’m sitting in a cocktail bar, eying this tourist’s berry mojito with naked lust. I watch condensation slide down the icy side of the glass, the way sweat is currently rolling down the middle of my back. And then I swallow and order a Godfather […]

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On Saturday, in Charlottesville, Virginia, a group of white nationalists banded together and decided that they wanted to relive a time period that inflicted some of the most monstrous pain and torture against this great nation’s black people. This time, though, with Trump-era gumption at their helms, they decided to reenact “Strange Fruit” America, un-hooded. […]

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When I became pregnant with my first born, I was equal parts excited, anxious, and in love. As time went on, however, the latter, the heart-squeezing feeling of being in love turned into suffocation. I was downright afraid and worried about events that I would have never foreseen before becoming pregnant. Things that were not […]

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It’s the self-love story of the modern age. “I quit my job, sold my belongings, and booked a one way flight.” Nine times out of ten, we do it to ‘find ourselves.’ But this was about something bigger than me. This was about embarking on a spiritual journey; one that would create a ripple effect […]

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