[in]Visible Magazine

  Jeanette Nolan in Macbeth (1948) “Come you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,” vows Lady Macbeth as she prepares to convince her husband to murder the King of Scotland. It is a line and a scene that I have pondered for far too long, caught up in my attempt to reconcile her aggressive […]

    Ever since I can remember, adults have told me things such as “You’ll understand when you have children” or “You should save those toys for when you have kids.” Parenthood has always been a when, not an if, for me and – from what I have heard of others’ experiences – for many other people. […]

    My full name consists of two different languages mashed together with old-fashioned sensibilities – but it feels right even if it doesn’t roll off the tongue very prettily. When people have taken a stab at it, it is usually horrendously and amusingly wrong. I’ve been called “new-guy-en” and “nug-gui-en” among other things since […]