What women already know
Essays on marriage, motherhood, rage, exhaustion, sex, bond, and power.
In focus
Sevilla
On crossing Europe alone by train and being hot and single for a while.
The bed is not the field
Sovereignty doesn’t live in the bed. It moves with the woman who holds the space.
Spring Moon
Some bonds don’t begin when bodies meet. They complete what placement already started
Latest
Tours
On Brazilian waxing, nights until dawn, high-voltage batteries and milkshakes by the Loire.
Chinese New Year
On pan-fried turnip cake, sleeping with a Gweilo, fertility, and the impossible task of being Lai Yin.
On marriage
Marriage is a really, really bad idea. Separation has been in the air we breathe since the beginning.
On c-section
Years after our daughters were born, I was still chasing a son. Conception wasn’t instant like it was with our daughters.
