What does it actually cover? — Not as much as you’d hope. Sorry. The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (Public Law 117–159), sponsored by Senator Marco Rubio (R — FL), starts with the tagline: “To make our communities safer” (117th Congress, 2022, p. 1). First, duh, that’s some pretty lazy writing there. Second, yes, you read that…

With every mass shooting or hate crime that results in death via firearms, we hear the phrase thoughts and prayers like an echo, as if Robb Elementary is an echo of Sandy Hook and Parkland is an echo of Columbine, as if Trayvon Martin is an echo of Michael Brown…

An analysis of the Supreme Court’s first draft overruling Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey — If we were to play a word association game like Trump’s infamous cognitive test, let’s start with Abortion Women Choice Rights Freedom Something like that, right? Someone please put that on a shirt and send it to me. Late Monday, May 2, 2022, the first draft of Justice Samuel Alito’s…

And my family disowning me too — Sequel to “Is it possible to outgrow your own family?” It’s not a contest of who disowned whom first. It was always a sad game of putting the pieces of us back together, only for the glass house to shatter again. We didn’t know when the bomb would go off, so sometimes we’d hurry and forgive all the jagged edges…

What does it mean off the Academy stage? — It’s been all of five days, so I’m pretty sure anyone with an Internet connection knows what went down at The Oscars on Sunday night. TL;DR: Comedian Chris Rock is on stage to announce the winner for best documentary. Of course he has to throw in some standup, and one…

East Coast, West Coast — Yeah, let’s make this into a series until I can write again. Well, I’m writing now, so that’s something. Now, there’s this endless debate, as if the US is the only place to live and everywhere else is underwater. East coast or West coast? Growing up on the East coast…

I need to write more, so here I go. — I’ve been neglecting my creative brain. Shoved that manuscript into a drawer and kept pressing down so the drawer would close. Wrote short lines of poetry or an idea for a novel I’ll never write. Got a job. Lost a job (will post when ready). Always in school, my third…

I’m also a millennial who grew up with Harry Potter. Was never a fan. Too wordy, like Stephen King for children. Maybe that’s why she likes him. Well, liked. And no, I do not identify as transgender, but I do identify as non-binary. I haven’t had to make the extremely…

As Banned Books Week comes to a close, here are my top 10 favorite banned books. Obviously, I saved the best for last. 10. Go the Fuck to Sleep by Adam Mansbach and illustrated by Ricardo Cortés