May 15, 2021The Bitchtucci Voter Guide: May 2k21 Special ElectionPortland, OR It turns out that if you cup your hand around a phone’s speaker and hold it between two school counselors in the pouring rain on the side of the road, you can still sort of hear okay. We were mid-walk but wanted the teacher’s union hybrid learning negotiations…Portland26 min readPortland26 min read
Oct 20, 2020The Bitchtucci Voter Guide: General Election 2020Portland, Oregon As a teenager, I was drawn to politics, I think, because of the way things felt so large: cycles of struggle, virtues and ideals on the line, defeat or victory, and repeat. For a kid with anxious, over-analytical energy seeking to explain why things felt unfair to my…Portland42 min readPortland42 min read
Aug 5, 2020The Bitchtucci Voter Guide: PDX Special Election August 2k20God, can you believe? It’s so unbelievably boring to talk about how this has been a rough year. But, uh. Do you still find yourself laughing sadly at even the most lowbrow 2020 jokes? Believe the lifelong organizers when they say that this much pain occurs when we crack something…Voter Guide21 min readVoter Guide21 min read
Jun 2, 2020Talking to kids about #blacklivesmatterSome ideas for talking to young people about racist violence and #blacklivesmatter Note: I’m a light-skinned, mixed-race, queer school counselor. I am not Black, which means: 1) It’s my obligation to share labor and resources, and 2) I expect to get some things wrong. If you have helpful additions or…Education14 min readEducation14 min read
May 16, 2020The Bitchtucci Voter Guide: May 2k20, PDXOriginally published grassroots-style as a Gdoc on my social media, sorry for the late post on this platform! Ok, some feelings first Unnatural death looms pretty close, doesn’t it? For some of us, even just reading the words “unnatural death” at the top of this paragraph conjures something familiar. Unnatural death is that heavy…Politics42 min readPolitics42 min read
May 22, 2019The Bitchtucci PDX Voter Guide: May 2k19please enjoy this great picture of my dog. you can support his healthcare fund if you’re really into dogs, really mad about the cost of healthcare, or both. I know some people think this is a small election. Less important than a ballot stuffed with statewide measures or presidential candidates…Education13 min readEducation13 min read
Jan 1, 2019BanchanRyn doesn’t miss a beat when I tell her that my notebook is missing. “I’m so sorry,” she says evenly. And then, voice lowered conspiratorially, “It’ll appear in four months. Just watch.” I have searched for the notebook every few days since early August. For weeks before my trip, even…Korea24 min readKorea24 min read
Nov 5, 2018The Bitchtucci Voter Guide: PDX November 2k18Think about being powerless. You’ve experienced it before. Think. Maybe it was a small powerlessness, a choice removed from you about something you cared about. A work decision out of your hands. A breakup you weren’t ready for. Someone misunderstanding you and defaming you. Silently you railed against it, feeling…Politics29 min readPolitics29 min read
Jan 15, 2018The Bitchtucci Voter Guide: Oregon Special Election January 2k18Okay. You’ve made it through 2017. I hope you are reading this somewhere safe and warm. It was a hard year, right? But the first of January carried a glorious supermoon on its shoulders and its glow heralds high holy Capricorn season. It’s time to get to fuckin’ work. I…Politics9 min readPolitics9 min read
Aug 2, 2017Le chant des cigalesor, It’s going to be a hot day or, An American girl spends the summer after Trump’s election in France and has a bunch of bullshit feelings about it In the south of France, the trill of cicadas sounds almost mechanical, as if we are made privy to the hyper-amplified…Politics39 min readPolitics39 min read
