PinnedHi, I’m Dana DuBoisI’m a Boost nominator, publisher, editor — and a writer of All My Little Words.Jan 142Jan 142
Published inPink Hair & PronounsMiddle-Aged Men Keep Ogling My 16-Year-OldA Gen X mom explores sexuality, beauty, aging, and modern-day feminism in an era of “your body, my choice”6d ago1016d ago101
Published inPink Hair & PronounsI Love My Nonbinary Child. I Still Deadnamed Them.What’s in a (dead) name? Would gender identity by another name sound as sweet?Nov 1422Nov 1422
Published inAge of EmpathyWas it an Unrequited Love Letter to Him, or an Unexpected Love Letter to Myself?Revisiting an epic billet doux, one year later.Nov 134Nov 134
Published inPink Hair & PronounsProtecting Our Trans and Nonbinary Kids Under Trump and Project 2025Will it be safe? I have no idea. Is it necessary? More than ever.Nov 1163Nov 1163
I Protested the Muslim Ban in 2016. Have Arab Americans Forgotten It?The audacity of Trump campaigning for their votes. My horror that it’s working.Nov 46Nov 46
Published inAge of EmpathyI Flew 3,000 Miles for My Dad’s 80th Birthday. He Can’t Remember I Was There.So why did I go?Oct 2548Oct 2548
Published inThree Imaginary GirlsWhen Your Former Rockstar Crush Is a #MenToo TypeAnd his response to allegations is to tour and blame his victims.Oct 1829Oct 1829
Published inPink Hair & PronounsMy Child Came Out as Genderfluid. Then They Went Back In.But don’t call it social contagion. It’s gender exploration, and we need to normalize it— not pathologize it.Oct 1045Oct 1045
