Learning to Exist in Public
My public existence was not an equation to be solved to other people’s liking.
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Learning to Exist in Public
My public existence was not an equation to be solved to other people’s liking.
Maybe online writing is like squirreling away acorns
"Practice telling and retelling your story. Over time, it will clarify."
It wasn’t writer’s block. I needed a new workflow.
What had seemed like a willpower issue—(why am I not writing?) or an intelligence issue (am I not smart enough?) or a time issue (when can I write, I have a baby)—was really an issue of workflow and tools.
The false romance of knowledge management systems
All the smart people had a particular way that they processed and synthesized information, so I figured I should get one too. Maybe it started with Sarah Chappell’s series on how she researches. Maybe Tara McMullin had posted something similar about her process. Maybe I vaguely dreamed of having
Productivity app or futile bargain with the universe?
I tried out the Minimalist Phone app last week. I just happened to see it and was seduced by the prospect of a pretentiously blank lock screen. Simplicity to the point of ostentation. But most of all, I was seduced by the idea that maybe then I’d have some
Kitchen drawers and laundry baskets: On metaphors and data
“Metaphorical thinking half discovers and half invents the world it describes."
The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control by Katherine Morgan Schafler
"Perfectionism is a phenomenon, not a disorder."
Terminology Won't Save Us
Rethinking the trans competence training.
We Need to Talk About Health "McEquity"
Some practices appear nourishing but offer nothing of substance.
Tribute: Pat Parker 1944-1989
Although mostly known as a Black lesbian feminist poet and confidante of Audre Lorde, Parker also served as the medical coordinator and executive director of the Oakland Feminist Women’s Health Center during a time of significant growth for this organization. As someone who is both a creative writer and