Neurosplaining: When Neurotypical Arrogance Dismisses Neurodivergent Expertise
Neurodiversity 2026 I introduce my newly coined term neurosplaining, drawing on the frameworks of disability justice, epistemic injustice, and the neurodiversity paradigm, and call for recognition of neurodivergent people as the primary authorities on their own experiences.
Shattered Illusions: Breaking Free of Our Masks
ASD 2026 What began as late-night research for our sons turned into a mirror: the more I read about ADHD and autism, the more I saw myself. A personal essay about the masks we wear in marriage and motherhood, and what happens when they finally come off.
The Infant Who Invented Everything: The Homeric Hymn to Hermes and the Audacity of Divine Self-Invention
Other 2006 Starr's creative narrative on The Homeric Hymn to Hermes.