An online “article” categorized my specific belly shape as “Mom Bod.” Unfortunately, the phrase Mom Bod doesn’t share the same endearing ring as Dad Bod (not fair). But don’t worry…
In 1987 I was determined to visit Norway. Not because I learned about it in school, but because I saw it on The Love Boat, a TV show that served…
I’m not a big fan of horror movies, especially these days when just reading my Twitter feed feels like I’ve wandered into the foggy woods with an axe-wielding serial killer…
As a transgender woman who has spent a lot of time and money getting things put in my breasts, it seems quite incongruous that something extra should have arrived there…
A recent ad dared to show – are you sitting down? – red fluid (not blue!) on one of their maxi-pads! Who bleeds blue, anyway? Women in area 51? The…
I don’t know about you, but whenever I see someone open-carrying a weapon, I leave that spot immediately. I don’t care if it’s my favorite grocery store, the movie theater,…
- October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Next to skin cancer, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among American women. One in eight women will develop invasive breast…
There was a time in my life when being shaken awake at 3:00 am likely held a promise of some sort of fun shenanigans. But since having kids, more often…
I recently decided to try being overconfident in myself, like a mediocre white man going about his everyday business. Specifically, I’ve plunged headfirst into directing and producing a short movie…
I’d like to give a piece of my mind to a handful of people. Usually, when I’m confused/enraged (is conraged a word?) by someone’s behavior, my natural instinct is to…
When Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced an official impeachment investigation into the pussy-grabbing, child-jailing, dog-whistling, planet-destroying orange mobster in the Oval Office on Tuesday, my first thought was,…
Growing up, I lived in a suburban, rose-colored bubble that led me to believe that everything was just fine right outside my door and problems only happened in the movies. …
Here’s the setup to my version of the popular rom-com Notting Hill – I’m the Julia Roberts character and I just spilled my orange juice. Except, instead of juice, I’ve really…
When I decided to have a baby many years ago, I had no idea what I had signed up for. There have been more dips and dives, more heart-thumping, brain-rattling,…
I’m a 57-year-old man who grew up in the golden age of TV, which was also the golden age of mass gender stereotyping (and I have my secret gender decoder…
Sometimes when life seems overwhelming and complicated and you just don’t want to adult for even one more minute, the best thing you can do is take a completely useless…
