I had ulterior motives The summer after my freshman year of high school I played tennis almost every day. My best friend Jamie and I were a little obsessed with Wimbledon, it was the era of Becker vs. Edberg. She was team Becker: she loved his boisterous, rowdy spirit. I…

On my unlikely pre-teen dreamboat — Hi, Wil Wheaton. I know, you likely don’t actually read anything here. But it’s fun that you write here, and I always enjoy seeing your name in my feed when you do. I hope you don’t take offense at my title if you do happen to be reading, Wil, but…

The symptoms are tricky to tell apart — 1.Your skin is papery and dry, or covered in strange pustules like a teenager. Sometimes both! 2. You are tired all the time, but you feel you will never sleep again. 3. You hair is falling out in clumps, your eyes are sunken hollows. Your healthy, “alive” complexion has departed…

Is this thing on? — I really don’t like writing these it turns out, this is my third attempt! Awkward introvert comfortable with oversharing *indirectly* oh sure, sign me up. But a full-on introduction is my idea of hell. You’re judging me already aren’t you? Anyway, hi, I’m Steff. What even is this picture? It’s…

Medium wants to be friends, how about giving us this obvious benefit? I don’t have much time lately for Medium, which has only served to highlight how continually inefficient the platform is at providing the number one thing I care about here: my Medium friends. No, not the new, much…

The loss of General Hospital’s talented Tyler Christopher — We are understandably in collective shock and mourning over the tragic loss of Matthew Perry last week. Sadly, a couple of days after his passing, it was announced another, lesser known luminary has passed: Tyler Christopher, star and originator of the character of Nikolas Cassadine on long running daytime soap…

What game are we playing here? — I’m tired and confused, like many of my writer brethren here. And I will say I had a decent month (for me) because I was boosted, so I know we are not all in the same boat. But the payment rates as they stand on non-boosted stuff I worked just…

Sometimes jetting off on an airplane is not a fun filled adventure — I just rebooked a transatlantic flight that was due to take place in a few days for the second time in two weeks. My body is filled with adrenaline, and not the fun kind. There is tough stuff happening on a personal front, and what was originally planned as a…

Keeping those vital secrets under lock and key! — I still remember my first diary. It was small, with a chunky white pleather cover, with a colorful print of hearts and roller-skates (so 80s). The paper was lined and pleasingly slippery, with gold leaf edges. Most importantly, it was held together with a tiny lock and key. This thrilled…