We’ve all wanted to be the hero but there are some serious risks that come with intervention — Have you ever been out getting a coffee and overheard someone shamelessly reviling their partner at the table next to you? Or have you been in line at the grocery store and seen a parent berating their crying child? Maybe you’ve been at a friend’s house for dinner and he…

Implicit bias and the myth that the truth will set you free. — As the news of the Depp V. Heard verdict was announced last week, predictably, the internet exploded with controversy. For so long I had been keeping myself as distanced as possible from the details of the case, but a few weeks ago I broke down and began to follow the…

Step one is to be aware of it. Step two — who knows? — Don’t ask me why, but I recently began binge-watching the VH1 nostalgia-driven docuseries, “I Love The….” Of course, I gravitated more toward the episodes around the 90s and 2000s, but the series initially debuted in 2002 with “I Love The 80s.” Within the hour-long episodes, random celebrities and comedians comment…

They have no idea what they’re revealing about themselves when they diss women who wear makeup. — As far back as I can remember, it’s always been trendy for men to make jokes and assumptions about women who purchase or wear makeup. Countless online forums feature men bemoaning before-and-after pictures of celebrities with and without it. They accuse women of trying to trick men, as if makeup…

“I think we should be gentler and less comfortable commenting on people’s bodies.” — On April 11th, in a startling twist, pop goddess Ariana Grande took to TikTok to address some of the comments her “fans” have been making about her body in the past few months. …

Healing doesn’t have to be linear, but it’s got to be intentional. — Last week, I had the pleasure of collaborating with one of my favorite people, Meredith Graham — the founder of Say It Loud. She recently began documenting her mental health journey on social media. With that, she started the Honest Hour Podcast on Spotify. I’m honored to be featured on…

Some good old reflection. — “It’s another day that 999 of 1000 male perpetrators walk free while the survivors are stuck with a life sentence of reminders and fears. It’s another day that a survivor says she’s afraid to report her rapist because the system and the culture are unfriendly and unsafe and he may…

My confessional writing isn’t as bold as you might believe. — Years ago, I published my first #MeToo story on social media. I was very deliberate about how I shared this essay with a majority of the people I knew. Instead of sending a link to my friends and family, or even letting them know that I was going to post…

Seriously — just let it go. — Yesterday I clicked on an interesting Medium article that initially appeared to be a commentary on a new podcast series created by Megan Phelps-Roper, The Witch Trials of J.K Rowling. In the headline of this article, the author inferred that something about the podcast made her upset, and I was…