Apr 30, 2021Pick Your Passion for Collective PowerSpoken words by me at a rally in Oakland — I grew up in Idaho, sometimes known to Californians as Ohio or Iowa Landlocked, far far away from the ocean As a kid, each summer my parents would stuff me, my sister, my brother, our two dogs, and a ton of stuff in a Volkswagen Passat, to drive 13 hours…Activism3 min read
Published in An Injustice!·Apr 8, 2021Our Bodies Deserve Better: A Personal Essay on Why the Police Need Some Serious RestructuringPerhaps if a nurse and social worker duo would have helped me instead, I would have been taken to the hospital, tested for GHB (otherwise known as date-rape drug) — It has been almost three years now, and I am just coming to terms with what happened. I had just finished up my second year of university, and it was the last day of the spring finals. The stress of tests was gone, the hopefulness of graduates in the air…Equality7 min read
Published in Prism & Pen·Mar 4, 2021Wow! I’m a Lesbian.On Compulsory Heterosexuality and coming out in my mid-twenties — I attempted to post this a couple of months ago. In fact, I did publish it for a mere few minutes on Medium. I got scared, hit ‘unpublish’ and never looked at the draft again until now. This weekend, I did a lot of learning, thinking and introspection and I…LGBTQ6 min read
Feb 27, 2020People Over PipelinesOn Monday, the Supreme Court heard witness arguments concerning the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Right outside, protesters took to the street. Today I was arrested Today I was arrested for Today I was arrested for saying no. For saying no to dirty energy and big money. For standing up against pipelines…Atlantic Coast Pipeline5 min read