Violence is a common part of far too many women's lives.

Sex offers incredible narrative opportunities and so many emotions are tied up in sex. Also, I mean, the erotic is always a fun creative space.

I never imagined any of the success I am currently experiencing.

Intellectually, I know I am worthy, however arbitrary a thing worthiness is, and have always been worthy.

It is deeply unfair to task writers of color with unique responsibilities that we don't assign to all writers.

Feminism has neglected the needs of woman of color and people of color in general. But I don't think it means that we should overlook feminism as having nothing valuable to contribute.

There's certainly a portion of my brain that is always tuned to making wry observations about the world, but that portion of my brain was alive and well before Twitter.