Imagine that feeling you get when you hear a recording of your own voice – that icky, cringy, heebie-jeebie sensation that makes your entire body clench. It might feel unbearable. You might cover your ...

Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or ...