Queering Time: The Offering of ‘Kairos’
We all know how a certain kind of kiss can eclipse time.
For My 30th Birthday, I Moved Back to New York
Essays about turning 30 are almost as annoying as essays about moving to or from New York.
Untethered: Mercury Retrogayde
USPS has been sending my mail to my ex.
Gaza, We Carry You With Us
Every few days, Healthcare Workers Watch sends me a google drive folder with lists of names and photos of healthcare workers killed and abducted in Gaza.
The Unexpected Loneliness of Getting Divorced
I wondered if my friends were afraid that the honesty it takes to face that a relationship needs to end might be contagious. If they stood too close to me, they might realize they wanted to take a closer look in that mirror too.
Untethered: I Have To Stop Getting Engayged or Married on Holidays
My ex and I mutually proposed to each other on Christmas last year.
Untethered: In Defense of a Messy Bed
There’s a certain kind of comfort to me in dishevelment.
Where Are All the Scream Kings?
When I was in fourth grade, I got in trouble for discussing how fast my body would decompose if I was stabbed.
Untethered: Into the Woods
The woods are Escape. They have always held my personal ideal of “freedom” cradled in their branches.
My Jiddo Fled Palestinian Genocide so I Could Be Free
A free Palestine means a freer world.
Before and After the Library
Author Kristen Arnett writes on growing up in a house where books were banned and becoming a queer librarian in Florida.
On *NSYNC and Being a Lesbian Who Loves Boy Bands
If you had to make me into a pie chart, being queer and loving *NSYNC are basically the same size.
Untethered: On Living Alone, Reimagining Family
I’ve been dredging through the remains of my life since my ex and I started living in this house four years ago.
Untethered: In Pursuit of Abject Sluttiness
I committed to stepping off the relationship escalator, but I didn’t commit to being celibate, okay?
You Came Out As Queer; Now Come Out as an Artist
I still have a hard time saying: I am a writer. I am an artist.
Untethered: On Miss Havisham-Style Decision-Making
My ex and I worked out a separation agreement over the course of those months and signed it in August.
Untethered: The Gelatinous Descent
My therapist asked me to please read Unmasking Autism and referred me to someone who does ADHD and autism screening.
How Many Times Did I See Black Swan in Theaters While Closeted? An Investigation
This task has sent me down a strange spiral of doubling and fractured memory underscored by a homoerotic hum MUCH LIKE THE MOVIE ITSELF.
After We Watched Barbie
Transitioning to a man in a predominately white world makes me resentful. Genders are floating worlds, and I am doing gender somewhere I do not belong.
Untethered: In Pittsburgh Everyone Knows Everyone and I’m Sure I Do Too
But face-blindess is a bitch.