The other day, I reached a milestone I never would’ve thought I’d reach with my mom. After being on testosterone for over a year and half and trying to keep it hidden from my transphobic... Read More

Like in the movie “A Clockwork Orange,” it feels like we've been strapped to a chair with spreaders on our eyes, forced to watch a looping video of the dream of democracy being murdered in... Read More

A prime is a number whose only divisors are 1 and itself. The complete history of even primes is very short: the number 2. An argument can be made that the even prime is all... Read More

There is peace in waking up and knowing exactly what you’re supposed to do with your day. How you’re supposed to parent. What things in life should be prioritized. I was given that on a... Read More

"People need a function, he believes. And he has always been functional, no one can take that away from him." — Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman’s "A Man Called Ove" follows a... Read More

Women’s History Month is a time to honor not only the women whose names appear in our textbooks, but also those whose courage helped define the very boundaries of a just democracy. One such figure... Read More

There is a growing lament across the American commentariat about a generation that, through no fault of its own, can no longer perform the basic rites of adulthood. Homeownership is out of reach, stable jobs... Read More