Working Writer Status: Unlocked

Baby's first byline for Matador, Performance Art to Watch, and More

Sep 12 • 

Christa Lei

6

August 2025

how to travel while hating your passport

a guide for unwilling citizens carrying amerikkka overseas

Aug 29 • 

Christa Lei

7

2

How I Trick My Brain Into Writing Essays

A chaotic but honest method for writing nonfiction when executive function has left the chat.

Aug 8 • 

Christa Lei

12

July 2025

Consumption Junction, What's Your Function?

Taking my money and suffering under capitalism!

Jul 25 • 

Christa Lei

3

Why TF Were You in Portugal?

a dispatch from disquiet, some news, and finding renewed love in hopeless places

Jul 11

6

June 2025

Procrastination is my fave ADHD superpower/curse

Tunnel vision for writing everything but the essay(s) I need to work on

Jun 20 • 

Christa Lei

5

I tried to quit writing & the universe wouldn't let me

I wrote a different version of this piece a few months ago.

Jun 12 • 

Christa Lei

8

4

resurfacing for air

Where I’ve Been & What’s Coming

Jun 9 • 

Christa Lei

5

May 2025

This Is My Summer of Before...

A transition into graduate school, soft endings, and space-making for care

May 28 • 

Christa Lei

3

thank god for love (this should have gone in my diary)

but it's on the internet instead?

May 7 • 

Christa Lei

5

3

April 2025

proof of life

alive and more of the same

Apr 21 • 

Christa Lei

3

March 2025

tenderness & vulnerability have entered the chat

on rescheduling dates, being chronically ill, polyamory, healing, and entering a softer era

Mar 28 • 

Christa Lei

11

5