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Love Letter to Monster Movies
From Jurassic Park to Jaws.

Liz
Aug 6, 20254 min read


Dreading Independence Day
Originally published on July 4, 2025.

Liz
Aug 6, 20252 min read


"But I'm A Cheerleader" & The Vegetarian Lesbian Stereotype
It's a thing, apparently.

Liz
Aug 6, 20253 min read


Why I’m Against Work Requirements for Medicaid
Originally published on May 29, 2025.

Liz
Aug 6, 20253 min read


Women Without Children are Caregivers Too
We don’t only worry about ourselves.

Liz
Aug 6, 20253 min read


On Keeping a Home & Having a Home to Keep
To be alive on planet earth is to keep a home.
Originally published on April 24, 2025.

Liz
Aug 6, 20254 min read


Revisiting “The Revenant” Through The Lens of “Man or Bear?”
I’m a little late to the party.

Liz
Aug 6, 20254 min read


On Aging, Beauty, and Aging Beauty
We’re living in a dystopian beauty culture.

Liz
Aug 6, 20256 min read


On Women’s Self Defense, Andrew Tate, and Misogyny
Originally published on March 2, 2025.

Liz
Aug 6, 20254 min read


Finding Peace at Hobby Lobby as a Queer Feminist
It’s Been a Journey Y’all.

Liz
Aug 6, 20253 min read


Finished for Good
Some of my most vivid memories are tied to smoking.

Liz
Aug 6, 20254 min read


Pinterest & OCD
I was 34 before I received an OCD diagnosis.

Liz
Aug 6, 20257 min read


On Gilmore Girls & Dismantling My Ivy League Fantasies
I’m happy not to count J.D. Vance among my fellow alumni.

Liz
Aug 5, 20258 min read


Thoughts on Enduring Trump’s Second Presidency
Originally published on January 16, 2025.

Liz
Aug 5, 20253 min read


On Friendship & Chosen Family
One of the things I’ve been grieving is the chosen family I’m no longer certain I ever truly had.

Liz
Aug 5, 20253 min read


Grief Exists On A Spectrum
It’s OK to grieve different losses in different ways.

Liz
Aug 4, 20254 min read


Watching Olympic Gymnastics As A Former Gymnast
I’ll always cheer for team USA, but I’ll always worry about them too.

Liz
Aug 4, 20254 min read


Obsessing Over Missouri’s Biregional Identity
Whether people ask if I’m from the Midwest or the South, I say yes.

Liz
Aug 4, 20255 min read


Smoking and Weeping
Thoughts on bisexual womanhood & intimate partner violence.

Liz
Aug 4, 20257 min read


Memory Is A Strange Thing
On memory, trauma, and forgetting.

Liz
Aug 4, 20253 min read
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