hey, I'm Christy
But my writing is also informed by my understanding how power systems
work, by the beauty of the natural world, and by the unexpected intersections of our personal and political selves.
And now the girl who got a C in chemistry in high school has been named a notable in Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023.
Life is weird like that.
I might have majored in poetry in college...
The rest is kinda history. I've spent my adult life building strategic corporate campaigns and direct actions (mainly around climate justice)—and training other activists to do the same.
Now, I write essays and books about this moment in history, as well as sobriety, parenting, and being a complicated human being.
As a disabled person with multiple mental health diagnoses, I've suffered from severe scoliosis, PTSD, major depression, and generalized anxiety disorder. Because capitalist white supremacist systems are set up to work against us, and the Non-Profit Industrial Complex doesn't care about your feelings.
Now, I'm a Buddhist who practices (and teach!) lovingkindness meditation. Just as importantly? I'm an anarchist who practices and teaches solidarity, mutual aid, and direct action, which are all forms of lovingkindness.
in motion.
Just as influential as my activist experience has been my relationship to burnout.
Dorothy,
my emotional
support cat
which is where my writing comes in.
In my books, I refuse to choose between my identity as a creative person and mother; my journey as a criminal and sober person; and the healing that happens on an individual and collective level.
I'm queer, disabled, a mom, a knitter, and a person who reaps the benefits of Lexapro daily.
I'm a creative person who writes across genre and works with her hands across various media. Put simply, I'm ungovernable and inconvenient and tough to pin down. And I'm very okay with that.
My life is a series of attempts to synthesize and make sense of all the different parts of myself.
FRENCH PRESS COFFEE
LOVE LANGUAGE
WONDERWALL
FAVORITE SONG
SWEATER KNITTING
CURRENT HOBBY
GRATITUDE
DAILY RITUAL
JAPAN
travel destination
Productivity as
a marker of worth,
"shoulds",
olives,
fast fashion,
emus*
Chosen family,
abolition,
climate justice,
sobriety,
hot baths,
never (ever!) talking to cops
*REALLY. THEY'RE TERRIFYING.
"JUSTICE is what love looks like in public."
— CORNELL WEST
MY WORdS TO LIVE BY
Gather 'round for all the words. Here, I've got my archive of essays and writing from around the web. Some of them were even nominated for prizes!
My signature class, The Art of Self-Advocacy, teaches you become as skilled at advocating for yourself as you are at advocating for others.
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