Archive - Be The Spark

Announcing SALVO

My new heavy metal newsletter, and the official closure of this blog

Mar 21 •

July 2021

Pre-order my book, 'FIGHT LIKE HELL: The Untold History of American Labor'

FIGHT LIKE HELL is out 4/26/22 via One Signal Publishers,

Jul 15, 2021 •

February 2021

Confessions of a Heavy Metal Barbie

Britney was a teenage pop superstar, Gevinson was a teenage fashion prodigy, and I was a teenage heavy metal queen.

Feb 24, 2021 •

November 2020

On the #NotAWitch movement and missing fingers.

Nov 16, 2020 •

October 2020

My Granddad’s Bear

For as long as I can remember, there has been a bear in my grandfather’s house.

Oct 26, 2020 •

August 2020

He felt perfectly fine telling a disabled person that their physical appearance reminded him of some weird, creepy, sci-fi beast. Something inhuman.

Aug 21, 2020 •

Three years later.

Charlottesville may not be at the forefront of political discourse anymore, but for many of us, the pain and horror of that day has never faded.

Aug 12, 2020 •

July 2020

Our Union Leaders Keep Dropping the Ball on Radical Change

This week, union leaders voted against including Medicare For All in the DNC's platform. What gives?

Jul 29, 2020 •

The Quarry in the Pines

It was my best friend's birthday, and all she wanted was to float in its dead water and look up at the stars.

Jul 22, 2020 •

Belated July update

It's been a tumultuous few weeks.

Jul 21, 2020 •

Some personal news: I'm writing a book!

It's been a helluva year.

Jul 1, 2020 •

May 2020

She worked at a daycare in Colorado.

"It was truly as if no one knew there was a pandemic, and we just had less kids for some reason."

May 25, 2020 •

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