cried once. the first time, in a restaurant where i worked as a cashier. it was an especially busy night, and the line was forming well out the building. the owner, a stern older asian woman, took up the register next to mine and started helping me get people seated. the people started grumbling–i don’t [...]

my mother was/is a right wing fundamentalist who believes hormones are “unnatural.” as a result, my PCOS was untreated until recently, when i could scrape up the $300 for an appointment and blood test with planned parenthood. i’ll start taking the cheapest pill available after my next period. the only BC i’ve ever used before [...]