little match girl

she was hardly eighteen, this little girl with no guidance who wistfully wandered into an alley all alone looking for love but lured by men of greedy lust, their lecherousness …

salt in the wound

my world blurs but never goes noir didn’t blossom black until someone deemed darkness necessary twisted boy looking for limp limbs for a girl to turn insensate to push into …

queer comfort

This blog was about going to France, until it wasn’t. I changed its name to legallyswan, and then this blog was about going to law school, until it wasn’t. Next, …

should have known better

i guess she asked for it i guess she should have known better i guess she should have remembered the last time she was alone with a stranger that dissociated …

to the end of an era

1L year a sweltering september in black suits, black turtlenecks c-ptsd, anxiety, depression, and not the greatest attitude a shell of a human sitting in chairs among strangers teeth and …

I WANT A FAT GYNECOLOGIST

This essay contains difficult content about weight, eating disorders, sexual assault, and medical care. Please proceed with care for yourself. I am a fat person who has always been fat …

what i learned in women & gender studies 101

Thank you, Elizabeth Miller, for opening your heart and your class to me. Never underestimate your impact. There are few things that inspire conservative vitriol quite as readily as the …

a high school english essay

I was blessed with an excellent writing teacher my senior year of high school, although she didn’t like me at first. On the last day of class, we were allowed …

vulnerable: our disordered culture and my disordered eating

This essay contains content about eating disorders that may be upsetting, please continue with care. Thank you for approaching this tender work with compassion for me, and for yourself. author’s …

the wisdom of no escape

you can’t get out now, you’ve been thrust into this wretched wonderful dimension, you are obligated to stay. it hurts and it hurts and you learn and you learn that …