Our nonfiction story of the month is The Money I Get for my Body by Elissa Lash. @elissalash.bsky.social

My recent essay/film critique. bust.com/im-a-former-... #womenwriters #personalessay #feministaf #whotellsthestorymatters

According to my friend, my writing work space is “swanky”. I’ll take it.

Sunday morning. When the world is a dystopian novel, I’m grateful for my chickens. They are fluffy and friendly and give us beautiful eggs. No rooster, just a little feathered feminist commune in our yard.

This essay by R.O. Kwon speaks deeply to me. The writing is taut and strong, the subject and questions are honest and important.

SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)

Here’s what I did this weekend: wrote, revised, submitted - my usual and favorite topic: female bodily autonomy, sexual politics and motherhood as a political act. This is my spiritual and political self care for today.

chicagostorypress.com/f/whore-moth... This essay was both hard and easy to write ….. glad to have it on the page and in the world

When I’m stuck I read. These three brave books live on my nightstand. These writers light the way for telling hard stories, sharing big truth, going deep. Coming soon my newest essay: Mother Whore. Feeling fear but publishing it anyway.

What if ……..?

Oh books, I love you so! When I’m stuck. When I’m lonely. When I’m out of ideas. When I’m worried about the world. Books remind me of the human capacity to dream, to create, to examine, to imagine.

I can’t believe I’m just digging into this delectable memoir now! Vivid, funny,engrossing. I want to be the narrator’s best friend- and because of the way it is written - I feel like I already am. Also reread her viral poem, Rape Joke published in The Awl in 2013. Now more than ever, read it!

Happy to be here. “Blue Here is a shell for you Inside you'll hear a sigh A foggy lullaby There is your song from me.” Joni Mitchell