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Life & Becoming

Personal stories about identity, unexpected paths, ordinary moments, and figuring things out at a deeply reasonable pace.

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Fandom & Culture

Star Trek, science fiction, fandom, storytelling, and what the stories we love reveal about us.

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Doing More Good

Essays about kindness, activism, representation, community, and choosing to help build the future we keep saying we want.

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