Merry Holiday Shopping to one and all, my sweet shoppers! I have missed you so much since we last came together to celebrate Christmas and Capitalism and chat about the products that I think are (1) the best and (2) would probably end up making pretty good gifts. As I mentioned last year, I’m slightly… Continue reading Shannon’s Favorite Things 2022
What a gift it is
It’s the middle of the night a few nights before I turn 30 and I’m frantically trying to finish some sort of magnum opus that expounds on the profundity of the moment. In my millions of drafts of this, I managed to identify the root cause of pain surrounding a friendship that ended years and… Continue reading What a gift it is
We need to stop scapegoating mental illness
I was a painfully shy kid. Like, so shy I didn’t speak to my aunts or uncles or piano teacher or most of the kids at my preschool, shy. But when I was at home with my parents and brother, or at my best friend’s house, I was loud and happy and boisterous, and when… Continue reading We need to stop scapegoating mental illness
Shannon’s Favorite Things 2021
Merry Capitalism, friends! Better yet, happy gift giving season of 2021. We survived not just another year, but another year in a pandemic. It’s at long last my favorite season—the season where we demonstrate our love and value by purchasing things for each other. My love language has always been gifts. Years ago, this started… Continue reading Shannon’s Favorite Things 2021
My triumphant return to Chicago
Greetings, from your favorite newly minted Chicago resident. So much is new. My neighborhood is great, and surprisingly walkable once I remember to leave my building and walk. The last time I could actually walk places from my house I was at VCU. Still, I need to drive, and I broke my side view mirror… Continue reading My triumphant return to Chicago