In my most recent blog post, I said a lot about how I felt about the election: how it affected me, how it will affect women, people of color, Muslims, and the LGBT community, as well as how we as a country contributed to this result. I did say a lot of things in the …
What Our Country Told Us on Nov. 8th, 2016
I cried on the way to work the day after Election Day. Maybe it was because I only got a few hours of sleep the night before, watching Hillary Clinton slowly but surely see defeat due to a broken system, because I get emotional when I get sleepy. I wish it was just because I was …
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And My Descent into Insanity has Begun (Aka: National Novel Writing Month)
Okay, so maybe not literal insanity, but definitely some resemblance of it.But yes! National Novel Writing Month has started! I'm so excited to be working on a novel, and this time of the year is definitely a great way to get motivated! Essentially, the goal for all the participants of NaNoWriMo is to get to …
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Meeting Celebrities at Phoenix Fan Fest!
I made the last minute decision to go to Phoenix Fan Fest this past weekend, and I'm beyond happy that I made that I did! I wasn't sure how to feel about it at first since it doesn't get as much press as Phoenix Comicon (which is another local convention that I've attended a few …
Are LGBT People Obligated to Come Out? (For National Coming Out Day)
I've always found National Coming Out Day to be a powerful and inspiring day of the year. It's a day that's representative of the community saying "if you come out, we're here for you, and you have nothing to worry about." It's a day that serves as a reminder to anyone who may be struggling with …
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Stained (Creative Nonfiction)
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Attention | Stories of Self-Love
When I was younger, I lived for the attention of anyone whose attention I craved. Not so much in the "everyone please pay attention to me" sense (I was WAY too introverted for that), but in the sense that I wanted them to talk to me and focus on me in the hopes that they'd …
Trash Can (Creative Nonfiction)
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Can Adults be Pokémon Trainers, Too?
If you haven't heard about Pokémon GO, the newest craze in trying to "catch 'em all," I'd either be very concerned or highly impressed, since it takes very a strategic and intentional effort to ignore what's going on around you to miss this giant, hyped-up piece of news. However, since I don't judge, I'll still give you …
Writing is Hard
You know what really sucks? Writer's block. Which, yeah, is common knowledge, but when it hits hard, it hits really hard.I've been trying extra hard to write something fiction-related recently, but I just can't seem to stick with an idea that I'm passionate enough to write about. I start one story, try to write through …
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