first person How I Grieved for a Cat Over Long Distance There’s beauty in sharing a friendship with an animal that needs to be earned. Summer Tao Dec 29, 2025
first person Time Between Us My partner and I started our relationship at a distance. C was on Eastern Time. I was on Mountain Time. Diana Clarke — Feb 20, 2022
first person Aunt Opal and the California Cabbage Fund “When I asked her if I had to start praying for a husband, she laughed like a bark, like the boss.” Heather Hogan — Feb 19, 2022
first person The Numbers in My Phone I tried for a long time not to have a smart phone. sheena d. — Feb 17, 2022
first person The Double Lives of Queer Church Musicians Many of my colleagues and I have left church music leadership entirely. Cat Dean — Feb 15, 2022
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first person On Gender Fabrication and Femme Embodiment There are so many things I may reach for to explain how I know I am a femme or an intersex non-binary woman but these words and concepts themselves are… CJ Kitten Miller — Jan 28, 2022
first person I Used Instagram Mantras As Therapy — And It Worked They served as daily messages your best friend should tell you when you’re hurting — and in desperate need of a silver lining. Christina Anthony — Jan 26, 2022
