Published in An Injustice!·4 days agoMember-onlyThis Is America: Where Everything’s Made Up and Lives Don’t MatterOur children are being murdered, and we’re letting it happen — It has been 2,652 days since I wrote this article. It has been 1,023 days since I wrote this article. It has been 922 days since I wrote this article. It has been 305 days since I wrote this article. It has been 299 days since I wrote this article. …School Shootings7 min readSchool Shootings7 min read
Feb 17Member-only20 Simple Ways to Practice Sex-Positive ParentingHow I’m making conscious choices to raise considerate, thoughtful, self-aware sons — To some, this may be shocking: I have a sex life, and I don’t hide it from my kids. In past generations, tight-lipped has been the norm when it comes to sex in general, let alone our own sex lives. But how are our kids supposed to learn to have…Parenting20 min readParenting20 min read
Feb 16Member-onlyGrowth from Ashes: Rising from the Depths of My Deepest WoundFinding the truth in the lies we let ourselves believe — At a Presbyterian Womens’ Retreat in the foothills of the Cascades, we do an exercise where we are instructed to write a lie we’ve believed about ourselves on our palm in eyeliner. The room is quiet, and it takes me no time at all to figure it out. I am…Personal Growth5 min readPersonal Growth5 min read
Nov 8, 2022Member-onlyStillness is MovementA poem for broken hearts — “There’ll be happiness after you But there was happiness because of you Both of these things can be true There is happiness Leave it all behind And there is happiness” .TSwift. The thing is, I feel like I’m dying. Not like I’m going to die, or like I don’t want…Poetry3 min readPoetry3 min read
Published in Fattitude·Aug 2, 2022Member-onlyMissing the Market: Why Brands Refuse to Cash in On the Potential of Plus Sized FashionExtended sizing is almost always an afterthought, but why are sizes 0–10 still the baseline when they cover less than 30% of the US consumer base? — I see ads constantly in my social media feeds for clothing. Most of the time I just scroll by, because while the clothes often look cool, the chances they’ll have them in my size are slim to none. It’s frustrating to see something gorgeous that very much fits my aesthetic…Fashion12 min readFashion12 min read
Published in Rachael Writes·Jul 6, 2022Member-onlyWant to Support Women? It’s Time to Do Your Own Emotional LaborIn the aftermath of Roe v. Wade’s repeal, we are no longer capable of managing the emotional well being of men — The last week has been something of a hellscape, and I’ve been spending a lot of time in spaces where women are commiserating about how different and horrible it feels to have our rights stripped away from us. One reoccurring theme that’s come up again and again is the way…Roe V Wade11 min readRoe V Wade11 min read
Jun 28, 2022Member-onlyMore Than An Abortion Ban: The Rippling Devastation of Losing Roe v. WadeThis is not just legislation or politics, these are our lives, our futures, our basic rights to be seen as equally human. — I want to be coherent, but I’m not sure I know how anymore. The words that rise up within me don’t feel like enough. My feelings crash over me, violent waves in an ocean of incredulous tears. Rage. A twisted stomach. A fire in my heart. Shock (but not surprise…Roe V Wade9 min readRoe V Wade9 min read
Published in Rachael Writes·Jun 2, 2022Member-onlyWhy Is America so Committed to Completely Denying Its Gun Problem?It’s time to admit this isn’t working, and there’s only one question: which do we value more, human life or unregulated gun ownership? — It’s been 10 days since an 18–year-old boy walked in to Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas and massacred two teachers and 19 fourth-graders. Last night, I sat down and wrote out the names of each of the students, and their two teachers, letting my pen glide across the paper…Gun Violence17 min readGun Violence17 min read
Published in Rachael Writes·May 27, 2022Member-onlySTOP : Incomprehensible but Not UnimaginableOur children are literally begging us to save their lives. When will it be enough? — It has been 2,652 days since I wrote this article. It has been 1,023 days since I wrote this article. It has been 922 days since I wrote this article. STOP I can’t write this article again. How can I write anything when I’m disjointed, the edges of my brain pressing against…Uvalde6 min readUvalde6 min read
Published in Rachael Writes·May 18, 2022Member-onlyI Am 1 in 4: The Depp/Heard Trial is a Dangerous FarceJohnny Depp is gaslighting us all; and when you blame his victim, you’re blaming me. — I haven’t been paying attention to the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard defamation trial because… I don’ t know. It was just one more thing that seemed terrible in a news cycle full of terrible things. Today I made the mistake of watching about 5 minutes of Amber Heard’s testimony, and I…Current Events6 min readCurrent Events6 min read
