Webinar: Mirror Works, Window Works
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Idaho’s Transgender Athletes Ban: Why it doesn’t hold water
A new legal case claims Idaho’s transgender athlete ban makes sense if you frame it in Title IX terms. I was neck-deep in Title IX for months working on a museum exhibit. Here’s why that explanation fails.
Start. Stop. Goodbye.
Sometime late in 2019 I started thinking about what it would be like to act on something that felt pretty outsized: What if I were to share my stage with people who could use more eyeballs on their work? I…
Protected: “Show notes” for Yi Shun’s talk at Desert Nights, Rising Stars 2021
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Clubhouse! Here’s why it’s working for me
As I’m typing, I’m listening in on a room I wouldn’t have had much opportunity to step into before. It’s a room on digital accessibility, and it’s on Clubhouse. Access to great conversations that I didn’t know were going on…
Submission guidelines for Reads & Eats
In July, I started a new publication called Reads & Eats. (View it here.) Each month, I pen an essay about an American food I’m obsessed with, from club sandwiches to Long John Silver’s crumbly bits and everything in between….
Meanifesto: How I’m addressing my complicity in the America we have today
Years ago, at my MFA program, a person who was considering joining the MFA test-drove a workshop. After, the new guy came up to me and said, “I just wanted to tell you, you’ve adjusted to life in America really…
Your art matters, even in times like this
The former director of the MFA program I graduated from signs all of his emails “Keep writing.” I used to think, oh! That’s nice. A little boost to my day, a reminder to keep pen to paper even when I’m…
Keep your eyes open for mentors: Part 8 of live-blogging _The Person You Mean to Be_.
Kyle’s parents were believers, whom Kyle describes as “well-meaning white people.”…Before Kevin [Kyle’s husband], Kyle does not remember talking about race at the family dinner table. Kyle says, “[My parents] had never thought of the systems narrative.” When Kyle and…
Dealing with disappointment
My series on Dolly Chugh’s The Person You Mean to Be will resume with my next post, but today I want to talk to you about something cool that happened yesterday. Tuesday evening was rough. Last week I tried out…
