I picked a hell of a time to start dating again. Ending a nearly seven-year relationship with my former partner, Alex, was hard enough, as was the discussion of whether or not […]
Social Distancing and Swiping Right
I’m an Immunocompromised Person. Here’s How I feel About the Coronavirus.
As an immunocompromised person, I was nervous when I heard about the Coronavirus. Of course, though, I tried to ignore the hype as much as I could. Sadly, I had more pressing […]
How to Make Your Dead Grandmother’s Cheesecake Brownies
You haven’t baked in a long time, and you’re going through a lot right now. You miss your grandmother, who always wanted to be called “Nana.” “It’s classier,” she’d say, “I’m a classy […]
Halloween Spooky Story – Tinnitus
Recently, I had the honor of having a short story I wrote called Tinnitus featured on one of my favorite podcasts, Creepy! I’m going to be providing you with a link here, […]
Top 5 Harmful Things You Might Be Saying to an Overweight Loved One or to Yourself
As literally everyone who has seen me knows, I’m fat. My doctor knows, and, unless I have a cold, refuses to give me any medical advice other than “lose weight.” People on […]
A Rose By Any Other Name Would Smell as Nasty
I’ve been a nasty woman since before I was even born. When my bleeding-heart liberal, over-educated parents discovered that they were going to spawn a little girl, they decided to give her […]
A Young Lesbian’s Letter to Her Mother After the Orlando Massacre
Like many of us in the wake of the Orlando massacre, my daughter, a former patron and fan of the club, has been reeling and weeping. Her fear and sorrow only escalated when […]
Keep the Pulse
by Delaney Rose A couple of years ago, when I was 23, I lived in Orlando for a year. I was mostly holed up in my apartment studying for my graduate degree or playing video […]
Jack-O-Rotten
When I lived up north and was running from monsters under my bed instead of bingeing on old B horror movies, I still loved getting piles of candy on Halloween. I loved the […]
Get away from my mom!
by Delaney Rose (Lisa Lanser Rose’s Daughter) My mom ventured out into the world of online dating when I was a teenager. She designed a profile to attract only the most desirable […]
The Gloria Sirens 