KelseyClifton

Explaining what I do is simple: I write. Explaining what I do for money…is a little more complicated. Right now, I think of myself as a ghostwriter for ghostwriters. Most of the time I do a mix of editing and gritty early cleaning so my clients can get on with the good stuff, but sometimes […]

The night of March 18th, 2017, I was mad at a boy. Because I was mad, I had a little bit more prosecco than normal. The last glass didn’t hit me until I was at the bottom of my stairs, but when it finally did, it hit with a vengeance. There are two things you […]

If you follow the world of soccer at all, you might have seen the news stories from the last couple of years about the atrocious pay discrepancy between the men’s and women’s teams. At the very least, you probably saw The Daily Show’s coverage of the issue. In 2015, members of the U.S. Women’s National […]

This past weekend was the 10th Annual Tattoo Convention in Florence, Italy. I saw every conceivable style represented, from old school and hand-poke to photo-realism and the increasingly popular dotwork. I saw old and young, professional and rebel, dabbler and full-on ink addict. Mutual appreciation for good art transcends pretty much every boundary you can […]

I need good live music only a little less intensely than a caffeine addict needs their next shot of espresso, and woe to the mortal who gets between me and my fix. In fact, when I go to events with my friends I usually have to remind myself that they’re also there to socialize, and […]

The latest Facebook trend to make the rounds is “Me too,” an exercise in solidarity where women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted post those two simple words in order to demonstrate how widespread the problem really is. Here in Florence, it’s hard to see these words and not think about the last month’s […]

I recently got involved in a weight-loss contest with my boyfriend because I’d been experiencing some joint pain (and I respond “well” to competition). He was super supportive, but he also wanted to add all these extra rules, like a week with no sugar and a mandatory half hour of exercise every day. “No, no, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]