A selection of my published pieces:
- For Cutleaf Journal, a hermit crab essay about the expectations for our lives that we’re eventually forced to let go of.
- For Litmora Literary Magazine, a flash sci-fi horror about some odd objects in the sky, and the fears they drum up for one woman who’s home alone for the night.
- For Poets & Writers, an article about the growth of the book sanctuary movement, a response to conservatives’ attempts to remove access to books they deem problematic.
- For Coffin Bell, my very first piece of published fiction, a horror story titled “The Infestation.”
- For Romper, an essay about learning to play the ukulele, and a case for similarly pointless diversions.
- For oranges journal, a personal essay about nightmares, anxiety, and the ways in which they often overlap.
- 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 Gilly, a personal post about how scheduling sex can help you maintain your intimate connection when it seems that parenthood is consuming your life.
- 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 Yoga International, a personal essay about how my practice has evolved with my life.
- 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.