Writer, producer, actress. Read for politics, culture, and the weird. I wonโt lie about difficult realitiesโbut my hope is genuine.
Writer & drag artist in DC. Essays on politics & culture, the queer, & the recently deceased. Ongoing series on the First Ladies.
Four parents in trans families exploding myths, smashing stereotypes, and defending democracy in America
I'm Savannah, a trans woman who came out later in life, still listening for the soft and fleeting footfalls of that Little Girl Who Never Was.
Better than a blog? I don't know. But I always hated the word "blog." If you'd like to subscribe, the orphans I support would love it.
Essays by Heather Havrilesky, Ask Polly columnist and author of Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage (2022), What If This Were Enough? (2018), How to Be a Person in the World (2016), and Disaster Preparedness (2011)