As a young teen, Buffy the Vampire Slayer gave me a strong female role model to admire. As I get older, I’ve begun to hold even more admiration for the real, flesh-and-blood women in my own life.

I was bored with nature. Hunting gave me a path deeper into the wild and taught me about empathy, ethics, and my own mind.

Persevering my way to Catastrophe.

Writing… it’s an open invitation hovering in the background of my mind, one that I can only either accept or deny.

My experience with chronic pain, mental and physical isolation, and living the life I always wanted to live.

Three contributing editors give their thoughts on the Dead Foot Collective Book Club selection for October 2021: Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage, by Alfred Lansing.

Growing up as a minority in the land of the free.

The first part of a series of essays about my journey to mental wellness and the lessons I've learned along the way.

A reflection on letting go.

I used to think that in order to be happy, my life trajectory had to reflect the lives of people around me. That meant I needed a stable, physical home… Right?

Why are we more outraged at some murders than others? Subconsciously, I think we already know the answer.

Why a happy life is all about Today.

I was all idealism, all passion, all hunger and all fight. What am I now?

Publications stopped catering to the reader the day we stopped footing the bill. Digital subscription models allow us to take them back.

A self-reflection on the 20-year war.

Risk and how we approach it.

How photography took me from an obsession with capturing the past to living authentically in the present.

Finding magic in the little stuff.