The beauty of being both the researcher and the subject – doing the kind of participant observation that only comes from living the question. Life, for many of us, unfolds as a kind of theatre. We step onto the stage as children, inheriting roles from our families, our cultures, and the silent expectations that drift…

On Mutual Magnetism, Patriarchal Rewrites, and Why the Sea (and the Song) Were Never Meant to Be Still Being called a siren is deliciously complicated. It’s the kind of backhanded compliment that makes you want to curtsy and roll your eyes simultaneously (I attest), equal parts flattery and warning label. As someone who’s been accused…