McKenzie Lynn Tozan lives in North Chicago, where she works as a poet, freelance writer, and editor. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from Western Michigan University, and her BA in English from Indiana University South Bend. Her poems have appeared in Rogue Agent, Whale Road Review, the James Franco Review, Thank You for Swallowing, and elsewhere; and her essays and book reviews have appeared with Memoir Mixtapes, The Rumpus, BookPage, and Motherly, among others. When she's not reading and writing, she's in her garden or spending time with her family. For more, visit www.mckenzielynntozan.com.
We like to think of schools as being educational, inclusive, and protective spaces for all students, but discriminatory attitudes can appear here as easily as anywhere else. When this is a student’s experience, it’s hard for them to get the support they need, cringed the “Am I the A**hole?” (AITA) subReddit. Redditor Subject_Card_1414 was in a […] More
Alcohol consumption is one of those topics that is incredibly divisive for some people. Whether it’s to drink or not to drink, or how much to drink, people have a lot of opinions. Parents, too, have a lot of opinions about how to teach their children about alcohol and whether or not to introduce them […] More
As humans, we’re obviously not all going to like the same thing. And there are some things, like snakes and spiders, that most of us do agree on. But there are other topics that people can’t get their mind around someone not liking, like puppies, agreed the “Am I the A**hole?” (AITA) subReddit. Redditor CheapBeautiful6357 […] More
Content Warning: Infertility While not everyone will agree, there are some people in the world who are incredibly passionate about the idea of having and raising a baby. When they find themselves unable to do that, their coping mechanisms might seem strange to others, reasoned the “Am I the A**hole?” (AITA) subReddit. Redditor savecanada empathized with […] More
We don’t all have the same background knowledge on pregnancy, we can all understand that it’s a serious feat trying to grow a little human. But when other conditions arise, like gestational diabetes or preeclampsia, then there are all kinds of other worries the pregnant woman will suddenly have, pointed out the “Am I the A**hole?” […] More
We can all agree that it’s important to have a job so that we can pay the bills. But some people are way more invested in work than others would like, cringed the “Am I the A**hole?” (AITA) subReddit. Redditor etsyaita was proud of their wife for having a successful and profitable Etsy shop for her […] More
We’ve all known someone who called themselves “brutally honest” and expected others to accept their comments as part of “how they are.” But validating that person’s personality should not invalidate someone else’s hurt feelings, pointed out the “Am I the A**hole?” (AITA) subReddit. Redditor IntelligentGrocery93 really did not like their brother’s wife because of the insults […] More
Anyone who has spent any amount of time around a pregnant woman has likely heard of the term ‘nesting’ and may have even seen the mother-to-be’s tornado of a home while she was going through that phase of preparing for her child’s birth. But a person really cannot understand how intense, and honestly propulsive, nesting […] More
Any parent will tell you that there’s no way to totally prepare for having children. There are always going to be situations that you never expected to come up or that you’ve never heard of happening before! All a parent can really do is take the situation as it comes and make the most informed […] More
Content Warning: Drug Use, Addiction, Rehabilitation As much as we might like to think of our loved ones as perfect, every family has some secrets that no one likes to talk about. But sometimes a person will go so long without confronting their secrets that they’ll begin to believe the cover story, side-eyed the “Am I […] More
Relationships come in all shapes and sizes, and it’s totally up to the people in that relationship what will make them happy and what will work for them. But sometimes their families don’t feel the same way, cringed the “Am I the A**hole?” (AITA) subReddit. Redditor Crafty-Apartment-754 was white and was married to a Chinese woman […] More
Any adult will tell you that adulting isn’t always easy. Sometimes it feels like we need an “adultier” adult around to make the adult decisions. Or at the very least, we’d appreciate an extra pair of hands, reasoned the “Am I the A**hole?” (AITA) subReddit. Husband Redditor Head_Ad6803 and his wife found themselves in a difficult […] More
