Cultivating Audacity
Comments on a Zen koan from the Book of Serenity (Case 4: The World Honored One Points to the Ground) and how it spoke to me about creative audacity.
A Few of My Favorite Pieces
Seduced by Sensemaking
They say smart people join cults because their minds crave cohesion. Basically, smart people are suckers for an explanation that makes sense.
Lessons from the Cisco Icon Set
If you designed an icon set from scratch to diagram something important about your world, what would it look like?
How to Be a Seahorse Dad
When your baby has a meltdown on the C train
Maintenance as a Creative Act
Why did I never question my desire to "grow my newsletter"?
Trans Ancestor Frank Woodhull and the Stories That Come From Necessity
How do I make sure to separate the stories that I tell from necessity—for advocacy reasons, for example—from those that feel most personal, most true, most alive?
There Are No Rules for a Pregnant Trans Body
On learning to be a pregnant man in public.
On Being a Real Writer
I suppose I spent so long worrying about being a
Containment
Menstrual products, chest binders, and power.