Flirtations with Hockey Fandom
It’s a tricky balance, the nostalgia and passion of the past against these grim truths that have always existed.
Gwyneth Findlay is a writer and editor working in publishing in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She graduated from Calvin in 2018 with a degree in writing and minors in French and gender studies. She also writes for the new Calvin alumni fiction blog, Presticogitation.
I is for Infinity
Pondering infinity serves little practical purpose in our finite lives, yet the concept thrills and inspires.
Reminders to the Self of Five Days Ago
I’ll forgive you for ignoring all of this if you just answer your emails.
Watching Whiteness (Fail to) Work
Antiracism requires us to leave our comfort zone. It requires sacrifice.
61216
These forty-nine deaths I have not died.
A Grief Other Than My Own
We cannot forget Rachel Held Evans, woman of valor, revolutionizer of faith, wife and mother, friend and mentor, writer and speaker and world-changer.
Gays for SAO
In my time at Calvin, conversations following SAO events allowed more freedom of thought than any other discussions of sexuality or gender in non-classroom settings on campus.
Married Money
I do think it’s absolutely vital that you have at least one personal account that Mr. Money-Questions won’t have access to.
Worth the Writing
Some jobs, some hobbies, some lives are worth the writing. I don’t find that mine are.
How Many More
I don’t know if you knew about the fear that permeated Toronto’s gay scene for years.
Coming Out Ruined Christmas Eve
I remind myself that no one is watching me, probably. Nobody is passing judgement on Christmas Eve.
Dr. Gladwell, or: How I Learned to Stop Envying and Love the Story
Storytime with Dr. Gladwell was the highlight of every other Monday and among the most formational aspects of my early education.
How to Lose Hope
I told you to stop looking at the news.
I tried. I can’t. I keep going back. Why don’t they believe survivors?
Kitten, Monotony
A kitten has milestones: vet visits, physical growth, the passage from kitten to cat food.
The Queer Christian (?) Book™
There is the queer Christian story. And then there are the rest of us.
