This isn’t about politics, it’s about language.

I write about women. I write strong women, seductive women, and sexually naive women. I write about women in trouble, women who save themselves, and women who sometimes need a little help. I’ve written about women who were raped, men who were, and people who have absolutely no sexual trauma. I use words to make my point, to instill emotions, and to wring a response from the reader.

And then, the political season happened. Words are my life. They are my way of reaching out to others, of being...