Powerful > Perfect

“By powerful I mean achieving your goals, realizing your hopes, and that’s most often done incrementally, imperfectly, and by working with people who don’t agree with you about everything.”

Hopscotch

I’m trying to rest a little more weight on the ties that hold us to each other.

One Thing Several Ways

“We are living through a transformative and dangerous era.”

Sketchnotes: For the People

Notes from a recent informational webinar run by For The People, a fantastic team aiming to get more people actively involved in defending and championing libraries. This was well-timed, since I wanted to check out volunteer opportunities with our local Friends of the Ojai Library organization, but Katie, Mariame, Tara, and their colleagues inspired me … Continue reading Sketchnotes: For the People

Lines of Light

These are all means of spiritual and physical survival, and we can gift them to others.

What Doesn’t Kill You

I am sixteen, sitting sun-warmed against the stucco wall of the school library, hearing my voice shake as I schedule an appointment at Planned Parenthood. I am six weeks pregnant and scared out of my mind.

Bring It On Home

A good day to do something I’ve been meaning to do for a while: shifting monthly donations from Portland-area organizations to ones in my hometown.

Q&A: Comics for Social Good

Answering some Patron questions about how to use comics for social good.

The NEH, Racism, Good Editors, and Me

There’s always room to be more explicit when it comes to identifying oppressive structures in our work.

Where to Put the Work

It’s been three weeks since Tansy was killed. I Rambled about it a little, but I haven’t really written about it. I didn’t write much of anything for a while there. I logged out of every online account I could think of the day it happened and told myself I would take a week at … Continue reading Where to Put the Work