Queer Girl City Guide: Bellingham, WA
Bellingham is often described as a little version of Portland, Oregon. It’s the best city I’ve ever lived in, and I’m proud to call it home.
Countdown to Baby T. Rex: Saying Goodbye to Our Childfree Days and Queer-Friendly Baby Books (39 Weeks)
It’s time and we’re ready-ish. Plus queer-friendly baby books, infant NFL jerseys, nightshade free living, and pregnancy acupuncture!
The 7 Best Sex Toys To Bring Camping
Sometimes you need to get outside and remember who you are and who you want to be. These are the sex toys to bring with you.
This Business of Art Fix #33: First Step Twitter Verification, Next Step Fame and Inevitable Fortune
Topics include Twitter’s magical blue check, Nick Denton filing for bankruptcy, the case against the media by the media, and questions about the utility of alleged “neutrality” from journalists covering Trump.
Countdown to Baby T. Rex: The Non-Gestational Parent Perspective and My Enduring Love for Pickles (37 Weeks)
“I think you underestimate the amount of time I spend thinking about Remi.” – Waffle
This Business of Art Fix: Why Chase Clicks When You Can Chase Human Hearts
Topics include Talking Point Memo and The New York Times doubling-down on reader support, Twitter opening up verification to applicants, This shutting down, how to talk to your boss about your intesne workload and more!
Countdown to Baby T. Rex: Embracing Queer Family and Adorable Dino Couture (35 Weeks)
I asked Waffle to curate a gallery of favorites from our very expansive dino-themed baby wardrobe. I didn’t have to ask twice.
Follow Your Arrow: Natural Builder Barbara Jones on 35 Years in Construction
“I’m doing something I really believe in, that can change people’s lives for ever, that’s good for the planet. I never get tired of talking about how to use natural materials, why they work, and looking at how they were used in the past.”
Business of Art Fix: Facebook’s News Feed “Tweaks” Could Hurt Indie Niche Publications Most Of All
Topics include the latest Facebook news feed tweak, Gaby Dunn on owning your work, goodbye to The Toast, the history of American Black media, the UVA/Rolling Stone story, Buzzfeed shutting down its Ottawa office and more!
Countdown to Baby T. Rex: Loving My Fat Mama Self and Itchy All Over (33 Weeks)
Extreme itchy scratchies, body-positive parenting, fat pregnant femme feelings, nesting, dill pickles, Korean pancakes and more as I fly past the eight-month mark.
Screen Writer and Performer Brittani Nichols’ Hot Tip for Success — Naps
“Life is hard and you should just do what you want to do. Luckily the things that I want seem sort of selfless because of my identity. If I was the aforementioned straight, able-bodied, cis, white guy, my career goals would be boring and unnecessary which is why I think they should all get out of entertainment.”
This Business of Art Fix #31: Bustle Sure Is Good At SEO and Other Important Stories
Topics include my personal problems with Bustle’s SEO strategy, beating airport boredom, Gawker Media filing for bankruptcy and more!
Countdown to Baby T. Rex: Crying Over My Multigrain Waffles and Whimsical Onesies (31 Weeks)
I started the 31st week of my pregnancy crying over the kitchen sink as I crammed my gestational diabetes breakfast into my mouth. It wasn’t the pregnancy hormones this time. It was the overwhelming grief and the sudden realization of what it means to be a parent.
Follow Your Arrow: Coach Elizabeth Cooper on Grounding Her Business in Self Care
“An integral part of my business is to create and cultivate positive, meaningful, supportive relationships with everybody from my clients to my colleagues, people I’m renting space from, potential clients, etc. It’s important to me that my actions demonstrate my values that every person and every body deserves love, respect, and care.”
This Business Of Art Fix #30: Where Do You Work (From Home)?
Topics include sitting on the couch, the most popular political candidates on social media, work/life balance, changes at Longform and moar!
Sweaty All The Time: 11 Things That Didn’t Cure My Hyperhidrosis and the One Thing That Did
Let’s talk about (excessive) sweat, baby.
Countdown to Baby T. Rex: Pregnant Adoptee Feelings and Dino Decal Decisions (29 Weeks)
Being an adoptee has made being pregnant all that much more strange and interesting.
The Starting Place: How an Unlikely Hiker Can Get Outdoorsy
A personal take on showing up, hiking through it, and knots and how to tie them.
Take Yourself on a Diarist’s Hike
Can you capture some of the magic of A-Camp’s Diarist Hike where you live? Based on my experiences, I’d say yes.
For You: A Menstruation Cry Calendar
Ah, that beautiful transition in your monthly cycle where increasingly the things you cry at shift from understandable to irrational.