Re-defining “Family”

My brother is getting married tomorrow. He’s technically my stepbrother, but my family is complicated, so it’s usually easier to just omit any prefix or suffix and keep things simple: sibling, parent, aunt, uncle, etc. But whatever I call him and however – exactly – we’re related, he’s getting married and I’m really happy for [...]

Smart vs. Pretty

When I was younger, I wanted to be a Jedi. (What? It was a perfectly valid career choice when I was eight.) My brother was a Jedi for Halloween one year and then I fell in love with the Star Wars movies, so it just seemed like fate: I was going to be a Jedi. [...]

Age “Appropriate”

Tomorrow is a big day for me. I’m really excited about it. I’ve been looking forward to it for a long time. Tomorrow is the release day for Mockingjay, the third and final book in the wildly popular Hunger Games series. Oh, what, you haven’t heard of The Hunger Games? Either I haven’t been doing [...]