Tonight was magic. I think I educated nearly 60,000 people about title IV. Only women, people of color, minorités, and fathers (of daughters) knew what the hell this sign meant but the rest had never even HEARD of title IX. I hope other countries will perhaps be inspired to apply title 9 type policies towards…
My newest piece for The Daily Beast about the Dukes of Hazzard and racism and stuff
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Another crazy Music festival and weird art show last weekend here in Lyon
It’s not a weekend in France without some crazy artsy cool thing to do. Friday was fête de la musique, which is basically a day the whole country parties to music Which included this old man being all rocky balboa. Then there was this festival the next day that had tenchno music and great dancing….
Another weekend of cool festivals here in France
Sometimes I think there’s more cool stuff to do in this smallish French city than even NYC or LA. Or rather, maybe it’s because the city is small enough you can actually GO to all the cool stuff without sitting in traffic or on a subway for an hour. This weekend was Pride, which…
Just signed with a new literary agent!
It was a really hard choice and I’m grateful to be in a position to chose instead of waiting to be chosen finally. Cheers to a new chapter in my career and the closest I may ever come to a marriage-type relationship lol. I’m now represented by: JL Stermer at New Leaf Literary Agency
The hilarious bull festival I went to this weekend in Southern France
When this song came on, all the French folks around me dropped to the ground and started passing each other over their heads. Like, the guys I was with dropped their drinks to rush and do this. It’s Some tradition here in southern France that happens with this song and one other song come on…
An interview I did that I’m super proud of
I was asked to do an interview for this podcast and it’s one of my best ever. They were like “hey we interview Nobel prize winners and former presidents of countries and we want to interview you for your Harper’s Bazaar piece” and I was like well that doesn’t make sense but OKAY. Click here…
The coolest French farm party (and techno music weekend) ever
I went to this farm party this weekend. I got to learn how to play these giant drums, ate a 4 course homemade meal (from local farms) and listened to three concerts. If I wasn’t dogsitting this weekend, I would have slept under the stars too with the rest of them. This was truly a…
My one true love is a place, not a dude
Two years ago I visited Lyon for the first time, spent those 4 days with the man I ended up dating long distance for a year, and watched these same fireworks from a rooftop with him and a bunch of cool French people I met. I fell in love with this city in those…
My newest for Glamour Magazine about orgasms!
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My latest piece for The Washington Post about dating here in France
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My newest story for Risk just came out!
Link here for the story. My story starts at around 22 minutes but listen to the whole thing if you have time! It’s about how toxic masculinity appears in tomboys like me and how a bunch of teenage boys taught me how to overcome it on the most bonkers backpacking course ever. If…
