someone gets hurt.Most women know it, and I think I know it FAR too well. That moment when a man shuts down on you, when all communication stops, when the door he usually leaves open just for you is slammed in your face.It doesn’t matter why. And it doe... full post »

Home by 7:00. Drunk by 9:22Same ol’ Same ol’Working class? Middle class? Drinking class?Poor Ann Marie MorenoPoor Ann Marie Moreno’s 2001 “driven into the Goddamn ground” VW Beetle - Herby for short.The tow driver noticed my freckles, he asks if... full post »

No one really wants to think of themselves as the “easiest option,” as the scapegoat, as the thing people will “settle” for when there is nothing else, nothing “better” for them to choose from. No one wants to be that. But so often we ... full post »