The Unlikely Comedian (Or: How I Got Started in Comedy)
You have to crawl before you can standup....
Personal EssayA collection of 144 posts
Please Ghost Me
It’s so much easier than hearing “We’re not a match”....
The Resistance Has Arrived: My Experience at the Women’s March in Washington, DC
I don’t usually consider gas stations to be feminist spaces. They tend to be grimy; the fluorescent lighting is creepy; and the chance of catching a catcall is as likely as the tampon selection is bad....
Craigslist Casual-Encounters Ads I’d Consider Answering
Most of the time, looking at penises turns me on. When I don’t have the real thing in my face, I sometimes peruse the Casual Encounters section of Craigslist....
What Are Your Sexual Fantasies?
Readers answer the question most surveys are too polite to ask....
The Best of Personal Essays, 2016
I’ll never forget the first time I read a personal essay. It was a sublime and harrowing experience that I can communicate only through a personal essay that I will write someday, and that will be well told and meaningful and make you rethink your…...
True Stories of Homelessness in San Francisco
We’re proud to be joining other SF Homeless Project partners for the second Homeless Day of Action....
A San Francisco War Vet Speaks Out about Veterans Day
Thanking veterans for their service should involve action, not just words....
Things from Our Childhood That Should Have Killed Us
When I think of all the ridiculous shenanigans I got up to as a child, I consider it a legitimate miracle that I’m not missing at least some limbs....
What Being Broke in San Francisco Really Means
There’s a point every week when someone asks me if I’d like to grab dinner, and it immediately puts me into stress mode, and I start crafting my excuse....
Why I Choose to Live with My Parents
Let’s be honest — living at Mom and Dad’s is not sexy. In America, it screams dependent, broke, entitled and extremely lazy....
I’ll Take My Vibrator Over all the Dating Apps Out There
I am a childless 31-year-old divorcée who sleeps in a closet. I do not date....