My worst writing nightmare almost came true. — Writing, for me, is a lot like peeing. It starts with feeling a mild pressure deep in my loins, then the urge gets stronger and stronger until I just cannot take it anymore. Until it’s impossible to hold it all in and I have to spill the beans. My body…

Who I am, Why I write and What I write. It’s all here. — I’m going to start off by being honest because I harbor guilt over it — this post is about 1 month and 1 day late. I had originally intended to write and publish this About Me on my birthday this year, July 11, because I had done something I never…

Aftershocks continue in the Fish Roe vs. Sea Weed case — June 29, 2022, Washington D.C — Days after the Supreme Court Reps Of The Un-united Mansplaining States (SCROTUMS) ruled to overturn Fish Roe vs. Sea Weed, making man-handling of female fishes illegal, Senate minority leader Midge McCon announced that the GOP leadership had become vegan as of June 27, 2022…

Unstructured thoughts on the U.S Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade — I’m a woman in my late thirties and I don’t think I want to have children. My partner and I use protection to prevent unplanned pregnancies because we don’t believe we’re ready. We’ve been together a long, long time and, for us, the time has never been right — first…

Tried and tested, I assure you it works — My skin has been positively glowing lately. Soft and supple to the touch and sight, it has the characteristics of a freshly ripe peach — minus the fuzz because I shaved recently. I want to believe it’s all thanks to the $300 I spent at Sephora on skin care products…

Lots and lots of free bread in return for my hand — Blacksburg, VA — One day back in 2011, I answered a knock on my door and found three hot men standing outside, with a bag of bread in each of their hands. The first man — who looked like a fetus a cougar hunts down— spoke up: “Hi! I’m One, from…

Cue The Multi-Cultural Edit — If there is one identity I claim to be my own, it is that of being an OG desert island kid, because I was born and raised in a (desert island) country: The Kingdom of Bahrain. My childhood was a mix of cultural influences with equal parts Indian, American, Arab…

Plus other such suspicions — How well do you really know your partner? Or the people around you? Are they hiding their true colors from you or are you a good judge of character? Right now, I’m not so sure. I’m not sure at all. What’s so funny, punk? This morning, I saw my husband smiling into his phone…

Spoiler Alert: Mike is my Anxiety — The wheels in my head go round and round round and round, round and round The wheels in my head go round and round all through the day — © Mike, 2022 My nephew’s favorite Cocomelon rhyme transcends the television, permeates my skull, into my brain, and out through my…