…and I hope mine inspires you — There’s a fly drowning in my coffee. It’s so annoying. I just made it. It’s my fault. I put so much creamer; poor fly thought it was cake and dove to his death. I’m going to have to go to the pantry and make another one. I hate going to…

The 1619 Project is the seed America tried to bury, and now the branches have come to avenge their roots — Origin My dad has two birthdays — the one on his refugee documents and one he discovered in his fifties. Like most refugee kids born in 1948, his birthday is recorded as January 1 because in the years following the Nakba, when 750,000 Palestinians became dispossessed and forced to flee their…

There were never any butterflies to chase — I didn’t go chasing butterflies In the garden of lies But everyone else did Always a game Planting seeds of doubt Pitting us for gains “This one shall be tall, That one will be small, and this one is obviously golden” Underlying motivations Withering contempt Scarred times I didn’t go…

A cautionary tale — When Lucy tagged me on this prompt, I was like, Ohhhhh yeahhhhhh! I know just the kind of juicy dish that will have you drooling out both sides of your mouth. #WritingPrompt: the phrase “stuffed full of emotions, roasted til crispy” -By Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她) They always shove me…

Eternal self-loathing and religious narcissism — I imagine her condescending even in death. Her soul would leave her body, but she's too busy overthinking why I would wear such a short dress. "Your hips are too wide," her ghost says. She's shouting demands but no one's listening. Just peacefully existing. And it bothers her to the…

How to soothe an angry mob of bigots — Hold on to your hearts, don’t rip your shirts off yet… did I tell you about the Ram Ranch Resistance? The most irresistible Canadian heroes standing up to fascism with thongs, hard thrusts, glistening pecks, and cowboy boots? Ouf! Ok, here’s the back story. In February 2022, a zombie outbreak…

Reclaim your name in a magical way — Some Karens are upset about us using the term Karen to describe racist and entitled behavior…But why? It's not a personal dig unless you recognize the behavior in yourself. Anyway, I have a suggestion: Be a Karen. But be the kind of Karen we’ve all been waiting for. Take your…

I feel ten feet tall and fierce as a dragon — Someone hold my ego for a second, I finally reached 1,000 followers on Medium. I never reached 1,000- anything in my life. I thought I arrived at that number months ago, but a clean-up crew removed 400 bots from my account overnight, so I never got to write this article…

We get it, you hate women — The number of men on my timeline who find time to shit on women but never a moment to defend them is outstanding. If you had time to call Jada Smith a toxic serpent but never the time to speak out on the high rates of sexual and domestic violence…