Atocha

Leaving the Atocha Station is a 2011 book by Ben Lerner about his year in Madrid. I…

Are you half?

This essay is part of Avidly’s “Too Real” series, guest edited by Carissa M. Harris: a…

Finish Line

This essay is part of Avidly’s “Too Real” series, guest edited by Carissa M. Harris: a…

That’s a Little Bitch

This essay is part of Avidly’s “Too Real” series, guest edited by Carissa M. Harris: a…

Bros before Nos

Some years ago, the word “gaslight” made its appearance in my life. It puzzled me. “We’re…

That’s Hot!

This essay is part of Avidly’s “Too Real” series, guest edited by Carissa M. Harris: a…

Gaslighting in 1880

But you might not make that shift. And that possibility is what the play “Gas Light”…

E. JEAN CARROLL BOUGHT ME A DRESS

In 1996 Donald Trump asked E. Jean Carroll to try on an outfit in a dressing…

Never Kissing

A song led me to the movie. I was exchanging notes with a friend recently on…

Mickey Mouse’s Bait Dogs

My neighbour Connie comes over to tell me that Sue’s dog, an eighteen-year-old chihuahua, drowned in…