Buying clothes online is convenient, but I hate ordering from retailers/brands I don’t normally order because I have no idea what size to get. (Because I think we all know that being a size X in one brand is no guarantee you’ll be the same size anywhere else.) I scour the reviews obsessively for folks who are kind…

Earlier this week I posted a survey about how the LGBTQ+ community uses language to describe itself. The NPR Code Switch Reporting team is discussing the results live on FB right now:

NPR’s Code Switch Team is reaching out to members of the LGBTQ community for thoughts on how they refer to themselves and others. The shooting in Orlando has brought the language of identity to the forefront in the news in a way it hasn’t frequently been in the past, and Code Switch is taking the opportunity to have a…

ETA: I probably should have clarified that my higher-ups do not particularly care about FB - they know we need a page, we have one, and as long as we continue to have one and I don’t go completely off the rails that’s all that matters to them. The pressure is purely self-applied. Also, I think there’s some potential…

Thanks all for your good advice and commiseration re: my weirdo ex who moved back to town. The most recent post, which was a smidge dox-y has gone poof. Let’s all cross our fingers that the weird ex does the same thing.

So. About 10 years ago, I dated a guy we’ll call “Dave” for about 8 months. It was mostly long distance, mostly a rebound, and ended when Dave stopped calling me and I realized that I didn’t mind that Dave had stopped calling me.

I recently started working at a non-profit that does a lot of work with public broadcasting - yay! Even more exciting, I have my own office (with a window)! The office walls are blank and beige, which are super-boring, but I’m allowed to decorate. So I decided to keep it in line with PBS, and bought a few vintage…