“We, as family, got so much from their trash. I never wanted to forget that I was the janitor’s kid before I was anything else.”
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A Beautiful, Rugged Place: Erosion of the Body
The life-long writer, teacher, and activist believed she could save a piece of land or a species, but after her brother took his life, she questioned her optimism and how to grieve for him and the planet.
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
‘Leaving the Bay Area is the Best Thing You Can Do Right Now, If You Have a Dream’
In the Bay Area, there are two migrations: young people in tech moving in, ready to disrupt, and young people with other dreams — the artists, teachers, blacksmiths, therapists, mechanics, musicians — who leave because there’s no longer a place for them.
Posted inReading List, Unapologetic Women
Labor Pains: A Reading List
No one ever said expelling a tiny human our of your body would be easy — or if they did, they shouldn’t have.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Nonfiction, Story
Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth
“There’s an idea that laborers end up in their role because it’s all they’re suited for. What put us there, though, was birth, family history — not lack of talent for something else.”
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Kissed a Girl
Vickie Vértiz maneuvers her way around teenage love, friend envy, and being outed by her Mexican mother.
Posted inReading List
We All Die In the End, But Our Skin Looks Great: A Reading List
Are you happy and well-rested, or did you just find a great new snail collagen sheet mask?
Posted inArts & Culture, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Shelved: Lee Hazlewood’s Cruisin’ For Surf Bunnies
It’s no surprise that the legendary songwriter and producer dabbled in surf music. What’s surprising is why music this good remained unreleased for 50 years.
Posted inNonfiction
The Criminalization of the American Midwife
New York midwife Elizabeth Catlin faces 95 individual felony counts at her upcoming trial. For what? For doing her job. Politics and patriarchy make the work of many credentialed, experienced midwives illegal — to the detriment of women and underserved communities.
Posted inCrime, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Anyone’s Son
Cody Dalton Eyre, a 20-year-old Alaskan Native, was having a mental health crisis on Christmas Eve, 2017 when his mother called 911 for help. So why did police officers end up shooting and killing him?
