This article first appeared in NewNowNext on February 15, 2019. Instead of watching the 2019 State of the Union, I drove an hour and a half to work and back to get my laptop because I needed stay home unexpectedly to take care of my daughter. It was icy out and I drove carefully, filled to the brim with planning for the next day, mentally juggling calls and edits and writing and snack time and screen-time and me-time. It was only after I got back home, tense and sore from con

This article originally appeared on May 31, 2018 on Medium. In a world in which no one is straight, and yet also in which everyone seems to be very straight, I give you permission this June to call yourself bisexual. You could also call yourself pansexual. Or fluid. Or queer. The point is, no one ever tells us that we can, so if you need permission this Pride, here it is. Your gold-plated, engraved invitation. You. Yes you. YOU can call yourself bisexual. “No one is 100% stra