Pop Culture
Groundhog Day
The day never really changes, but you do.
Heather Papovich
Writer. Truth-digger. I've spent years ghostwriting for others; now I write what I know, and how I learned it.
Memoirs
A Long December
This was harder to write than I expected.
Memoirs
Ho Phase
Ho Phase: how I stay festive without losing my sense of reality. That’s it. That’s the whole thing.
Pop Culture
Age Against the Machine
There's a big difference between getting older and getting old.
Memoirs
Premature Decoration
I decorated early, which is wildly out of character for me.
Pop Culture
Two Truths and a Comic-Con Lie
It’s hard to explain a choice that looks selfish from the outside, but was the only one I had left.
Pop Culture
Somewhere in Time
I went to Teslacon thinking I’d just watch other people escape their lives for a weekend. I didn’t expect to understand it as much as I did.
Memoirs
Dirty Work
Clean Break wrapped the story. Dirty Work is where I can finally start to unpack what it all actually did to me.
Memoirs
Clean Break
Everyone keeps telling me I must be relieved. Sure. My cortisol disagrees.
Memoirs
Return to Center
Things are finally settling down, and honestly, it’s unsettling.
Memoirs
Living the (Fever) Dream
I came out of the fever expecting things to be normal. They weren’t, which, all things considered, isn't surprising.
Dysfunction Diaries
Stop Calling Alcoholism a Disease
The cycle I lived matches every description of addiction. It simply wasn’t treated like one.