10 EASY STEPS TO BECOMING A US CITIZEN

When I was 4 years old, I walked into a K1 classroom at the American School Foundation in Mexico City. Unbeknownst to me, this was the first step in preparing myself to become an American Citizen. Steps to easily becoming a citizen: Lifelong experience speaking English. My parents spoke English, fostering a positive learning environment […]

HETEROPATRIARCHY

I need you to stop touching me. I need you to get out of my rights, my mind, and my space. I am a person. This should not be a question. Hetero-cis-men treating femmes as tools for fantasy projection and object for ejaculation is an outdated epidemic that should have been squashed by logic and […]

BODY OWNERSHIP

My body is mine. My body is mine to take care of, my body is mine to carry, my body is mine to deteriorate. Somewhere along the way, my body, as well as other female-presenting people’s around me, became everyone else’s. It became an object. It became a point of critique, observation, appreciation, and value. […]