1. “You say you lost weight because of health issues? You look fabulous.”
2. “I haven’t seen you in years. You look so tiny!”
3. “You look good. Thin.”
4. “How’s
A conversation with my parents demands strategy. I’ve learned that some safe
topics include job anecdotes, platonic relationships, or a date gone comically
south. The more humor, the better. “Yeah, we did
I met Whitney the way I wanted to meet a man. I was sitting at a bar in Seattle,
reading Roxane Gay’s Bad Feminist, and waiting for a literary open mic to
