The JetBlue terminal at Logan Airport Kind of cry it’s good for: Subtly Quaking Shoulders. You are hung over and maudlin. Sit heavily in the gate area of the delayed plane from which you just debarked and cry for having wrecked it all on the very last night of the trip. Try it! People will […]
Words From The Other Side
To Watch a Star Collapse
It’s just you and me, and the hum of your mask. I’m sorry, space mask. It’s essential for our journey tonight but it hadn’t always been. Straps circle around your head and hair, pressing silver curls to your chin. A few thin strands escape—like comets they streak and shimmer across the pillows, while a mountain […]
Carnal Terror
As a hypochondriac, being afraid of my own skin is a daily struggle. I am always conscious about the potential of contracting diseases or already having them. About once a month I panic about being infected with an STD even though I use protection and show no symptoms. I have no idea where this anxiety […]
Self-Care in Dark Times
I have a long history of activism. I got involved in politics in high school. I met with governors at the ripe old age of 17. I was offered a job in Tallahassee at the age of 18. But it’s only been recently that I’ve been trying to be kind to myself–to develop the practice […]
Remakes, Reboots, and Adaptations
Remakes and reboots have seen an increase in production. With foreign markets opening up, there are places that have never seen many great movies from the past four decades. China is an untapped source and studios do whatever they can to get a piece. The method of coercion usually includes casting native actors, product placement, […]
The Responsibility of White Women in Fiction Writing
Being woke is hard. It’s sucks and you’ll hate it. You’re 12-year-old Jonas holding your new knowledge like a starved baby trying to see the snowy hill and the sled in the Elsewhere. You’ll catch yourself saying words that hold more weight than they did the last time you said them. You’ll stop yourself mid-sentence […]
