Morning: I wake up disoriented and horrified, on the tail end of a dream that I never want to have, but that nonetheless is recurring: one in which I am giving birth. “What the hell?” I curse toward ...

Of course my period has decided to start 5 minutes before my meetup at Playlist Live in Orlando. There have been signs of it looming (sore boobs, cramps, vulva sensitivity, headaches) and I thought I ...