A selection of my published pieces:
- For The Offing, a short personal essay about my grandmother, and my regret about her not being around long enough to see the woman I became.
- For Rewire News Group, an op-ed about how we can’t give in to the hysteria conservatives have whipped up around sex ed because comprehensive sex ed keeps our kids safe.
- For Rewire News Group, an article about the disinformation campaign cooked up by conservatives to derail progress in the realm of sex ed.
- For Giddy, a short piece on the internalized, systemic myths we carry around sexuality.
- For Giddy, a short piece on the link between internalized fatphobia and sexual anxiety.
- For Rewire.News, an article about the sorry state of sex ed these days that contrasts competing sex ed standards.
- For Romper, a tongue-in-cheek essay about how the secret to my professional and parenting success is benign neglect.
- For Southwest Review’s annual Halloween issue, an essay about motherhood and fear, wrapped up in an exploration of the horror I enjoy.
- For Rewire.org, an article about how unpaid family caregivers lack tangible systemic support — and how the pandemic has only made things worse.
- For Rewire.News, an article about how to normalize talking to your kids about pleasure.
- For Kinkly, a post about how to get your sexy back when you live in sweatpants 24/7 and are sick of your partner’s face.
- For Rewire.News, an article about how to normalize talking to your kids about menstruation.
- For Care.com, a service piece about compassion fatigue among family caregivers, and how to cope with it.
- For Rewire.News, an article about how the lessons in health education textbooks only reinforce rape culture.
- For The Writer magazine, a service piece on how to rethink your freelance workday when you also have to manage your child’s remote learning.
- For PULP, a reported essay on perinatal depression.
- For Rewire.News, an article about why it’s so important for parents to take an active role in their kids’ sex education.
- I am a regular contributor to the Feminist Book Club blog.
- For InStyle, an article on how to approach sexual desire discrepancy in your long-term relationships.
- I am a regular contributor to Pure Romance’s Buzz blog.
- For The Guardian, an article on how to meditate when it feels like everything is out of control.
- For New Jersey Monthly, a feature on the dating habits of Millennials in NJ.
- I contributed a personal essay to this anthology about diners.
- For PULP, a reported essay on the normalization of sexual coercion.
- I wrote about my attempts at sex-positive parenting for Creative Nonfiction‘s annual Sex Issue. You can find my piece — “When They Start Asking Questions” — in the print edition.
- For Motherwell Magazine, a personal essay about the daily mindlessness that so often accompanies motherhood versus the mindfulness I try (and often fail) to achieve.
- For InStyle, an article about the line between maintenance sex and sexual compliance, and why we engage in it.
- For What To Expect, a personal essay about how infertility and depression changed what I wanted as a mother.
- After A Dirty Word came out, I wrote this craft essay on how an academic job changed the course of my book for the better.
- For Kinkly, a post about how, when it comes to sex, there’s no such thing as normal.
- For Rewire.News, an article about what parents fear about “the sex talk,” and what their children really hope for.
- For the Establishment, an article on the moral panic behind the sex ed debate.
- For VICE, a reported essay about gender bias when it comes to the medical establishment’s approach to infertility.
- For Kinkly, a post about innovation in the sex toy industry, and how the industry has grown to acknowledge the various shades of pleasure.
- For Kinkly, a post about orgasm as a “masculinity achievement.”
- This personal essay is an exploration of my feelings around abandonment and betrayal following my uncle’s death.
- For VICE, an article about the benefits of peer-led sex education.
- For VICE, a reported essay about painful sex.
- For Pacific Standard, an article about how gaps in medical school curricula can lead to subpar care for LGBT Americans.
- For Pacific Standard, an article about gender-biased diagnosing in the health care field.
- For VICE, an article about the lack of sexuality education for doctors-in-training.
- For Pacific Standard, an article about the varying definitions for sexual assault, and the tangential effects of these inconsistencies.
- For VICE, a reported essay about depression stigma, and the ways in which medication plays a part in this stigma.
- For Refinery29, a reported essay about boobs, bras, summertime, and the male gaze.
- For Salon, an article about the tools we use to measure female sexual desire, and the limitations they carry.
- For Undark, a feature about the pharmaceutical industry’s creation of female sexual dysfunction.
- For Hippocampus, a personal essay about parenting while depressed… and about the hesitance to admit to postpartum depression when your child has come after years of infertility.
- For the Atlantic, a feature about comprehensive sexuality education and how it can have a positive impact if started in early childhood.
- For the Washington Post, an article about how parents can prepare their daughters for puberty.
- For Narratively, a personal essay about the impetus behind my sex writing career.
- For Jezebel, an article about early childhood sexuality education and what it’s developmentally appropriate to teach your kids about sex.
- For Brain, Child, a personal essay on teaching my daughter about consent.
- For Parents magazine, a reported essay about depression stigma as it relates to pregnant women and new mothers, especially in the wake of new depression screening recommendations by the United States Preventive Services Task Force.
- For Yoga International, a personal essay about how my practice has evolved with my life.
- For Bad Yogi, a piece about meditation and marriage.
- For elephant journal, a personal essay on how yoga has helped me love my body… sometimes.
- I spent two years as the Senior Writer/Editor for AASECT, a nonprofit organization for sexuality professionals, managing and creating their online content.
- I am a regular contributor to Book Riot.
- I contributed an essay to this anthology that played with the intersection of sex and literature.