These Are Not Conditions in Which to Thrive
This is a time to survive. Your only responsibility is to get through today.
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The Ripple Pandemic: Coronavirus and Mental Health
What will COVID-19 mean for our mental health?
Read MoreConfessions of a Burned Out Writer
Here’s what I know. My confidence is the lowest it has ever been.
Read MoreThere Is No Cure For Burnout
I’m afraid that there is no cure for burnout. After all, you can’t untoast toast.
Read MoreThe Dollhouse Obituary
“There is a beautiful, even respectful, relief in honoring people for who they really were.”
Read MoreHerpes And Shame, Six Years Later
Healing isn’t fun or narratively appealing: it’s a whole lot of pulling off scabs and dissecting long broken bones that didn’t set properly. It’s hard.
Read MoreSuicide Radio
The challenge of suicide radio isn’t not obeying it. The challenge of suicide radio is identifying it for what it is: an impostor.
Read MoreHow I Became Internet Famous for Having Herpes — and Why I’m Retiring
The moment you go viral, you lose all control over your story, your privacy and, in some ways, your future.
Read MoreThe Year I Didn’t, Couldn’t and Desperately Wanted to Write
For the last year I’ve been a sex writer who doesn’t write. I haven’t had much sex either, but that’s a different essay.
Read MoreThe Real Reason I’m Not Leaving Twitter
I think it’s fair to say that I’ve seen the dark side of Twitter. So why am I still here?
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