To Read In Case I Am Ever Murdered By a Man
Here is where you can find evidence of motive and intent so that no one tries to erase the role of misogyny in my death.
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I’m Going to Listen to “Fight Song” on Repeat to Raise Money for Planned Parenthood
Yes, that song. The song we hated even before we heard it ad nauseum during the Clinton campaign.
Read More10 Essays I Wrote In 2016 That Taught Me Who I Am
What a goddamn year.
Read MoreWhat Herpes Activism Looks Like In Trump’s America
It’s time to do the systemic work and take on the underlying structural issues that make herpes stigma so powerful.
Read MoreIn Trump’s America We Wear “GRAB HER BY THE PUSSY” Wristbands
Around 2:30am John Podesta told us all to go home and we cheered, I don’t know why. When I was finally alone on the L Train, I sobbed.
Read MoreThat Time Hillary Clinton Wrote Me a Letter
I stand with Hillary Clinton because she is the type of person who reads Medium essays by random twenty-four-year-old bloggers and tracks down her address to mail her a letter.
Read MoreWho I Am Now (This Is a Coming Out Post)
I wasn’t ready to come out. Then a stranger sent an email to my coworkers and I didn’t have a choice anymore.
Read MoreI, Ella Dawson, Am a Slut with Herpes
I lost my virginity at eighteen, because real sluts wait until they can also vote and buy lottery tickets.
Read MoreAn Open Letter to the Bachelor In Paradise Producers, From an Abuse Survivor
You failed the women of this franchise, and you failed the survivors of Intimate Partner Violence who watch your shows.
Read MoreWhy I’m Taking a Summer Vacation From Activism
Barring an unforeseen celebrity scandal, I don’t want to publish the word “herpes” until the heat breaks in Brooklyn.
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