Empathy Burnout Is Real

Empathy Burnout Is Real

There’s a version of tired that sleep doesn’t fix. It’s the kind that comes from being the person who always understands. The one who puts herself in everyone else’s shoes, who makes space, who translates her own pain into language other people can receive without...
From the Nobodies to the Somebodies: A Letter to Every Woman

From the Nobodies to the Somebodies: A Letter to Every Woman

She is the mother who skipped meals so her children wouldn’t. The girl who walked miles to a schoolhouse because she believed the world owed her nothing but she’d take her seat anyway. She is the scientist they almost didn’t publish. The activist they jailed. The...
In the End

In the End

Frida Kahlo wrote that there is nothing we must do to be loved. That those who love us see us with their hearts and give us qualities beyond the ones we truly have. And that those who refuse to love us will never be satisfied with all our efforts. Read that again. Now...
The Water and the Well

The Water and the Well

There’s a story about almond farms in California. Massive industrial operations that consumed so much water that communities across the border in Mexico started running dry. The companies made billions. The people lost their water. Then, somehow, the public...