All Essays & Publications
2026
The Grey Area of Women’s Health: What happens to our bodes during the in-between years (Middle-Pause)
2025
I Tried Testosterone: I didn’t grow a mustache, but I did grow cojones (Middle-Pause)
The Truth about Aging: Living longer doesn’t mean living better (Middle-Pause)
The FDA Removed the Black Box Warning for Hormone Replacement Therapy: What it means for women’s health (Middle-Pause)
I Couldn’t Sleep for Three Years: One hormone changed everything (Middle-Pause)
Stop Telling Women to Self-Advocate: The problem with advice that blames us instead of systemic failures (Middle-Pause)
Are You There, Vagina? It’s me, Margaret, your perimenopausal owner (Middle-Pause)
An Ode to Phone Bans and Bad Behavior: Teaching without cellphones restored joy to my classroom (A Teacher’s Life)
2024
I Have Anxiety About My Anxiety: Perimenopause brings lots of questions and no clear answers (Middle-Pause)
Teachers Deserve More than Chicken Sandwiches: Teacher Appreciation Week—It’s complicated (self-published, Medium)
The Case Against Lesson Plans: As Teachers Struggle with a never ending to-do list, consider taking this off their plates (self-published, Medium)
2023
Quiz: Teacher or Child Laborer from the Industrial Revolution: Working a 16-hour day with no breaks is normal in my world (The Belladonna Comedy)
2022
Leaving Education? But what will you do? (self-published, Medium)
Jeans Days & Nacho Bars are Not the Solution to the Education Crisis (self-published, Medium)
2021
1-Star Reviews of Feminine Products Written by Female Characters From Classic Literature (Slackjaw)
Dear Woman Who Anonymously Stocks the Faculty Restroom with Tampons: Nowhere does feminine radiance shine brighter than in the women’s faculty restroom (The Belladonna Comedy)
2020
Job Posting: Human Anxiety Thermometer for our Household: Please, join our family. ASAP (Points in Case)