What Men Want (To Know)

A Q&A with the dudes in my DMs.

photo: Travis Schneider

These are real questions from an AMA I posted on my instagram stories this week.

1. Would you date a younger guy? Like someone in mid to late 20s?

   I don’t ever want to be or feel like anyone’s mother. Perhaps if he had BDE (big daddy energy) and BDE (big dick energy) I might consider it.

2. Was Shrek hot when he was a human man?

   I had to google the image, but no. He was not hot.

3. What motivates you?

   I’m compulsive about creating and have always been fairly obsessive when it comes to recording my life, thoughts and how I perceive the world. Plus, for better or worse, it seems I’m a magnet for weird, intense circumstances. I love the idea that I can take something brutally painful and alchemize it into something that not only benefits me, but might actually help someone else. I definitely use work to cope. Like, I swapped drugs, sex and alcohol for writing. When I have an impulse to misbehave, I generally channel that energy into my work.

   And then there’s power. I don’t wa…