A Dossier of Red Flags: Literary Encounters with (White, Straight, Cis) Men

A Dossier of Red Flags: Literary Encounters with (White, Straight, Cis) Men

I was eleven years old the first time I submitted my writing for literary consideration: a state-wide short fiction contest open to all middle and...

The Authored Self

The Authored Self

Writing, for me, means freedom. Which is to say, everything prior to discovering writing was entrapment. You cannot desire freedom, you cannot be gripped by...

Report from the Field: Some Day You Will Ache Like I Ache–  What Sexualized Language Means to Me

Report from the Field: Some Day You Will Ache Like I Ache– What Sexualized Language Means to Me

Recently my grandmother writes on Facebook under a picture of my, at the time, fourteen-year-old sister: “sexy.” A few days later I see my now...