Several months ago, the brilliant and fierce Kate Harding asked me to write something for a book she was putting together documenting how women's lives had been affected by the 2016 presidential election and its aftermath. So, I wrote something. Now that something is in an actual book called Nasty Women.

Yesterday, the good people at Shondaland published an excerpt of my essay. You can read it HERE. If you live in Chicago, join us for the launch celebration on Oct. 13. Tickets HERE.

To see my name in the table of contents alongside authors who have been my heroes for years is astonishing. There's Rebecca Solnit, Samantha Irby, Sady Doyle, Randa Jarrar, Cheryl Strayed, Katha Pollitt, Jessica Valenti, and so many others. If you haven’t read the women, read these women. Read their essays in this book, but also read ALL of their books.