Health Writer • Author • Essayist

Writing the things we don't say out loud

First-person stories and evidence-based health writing on the topics polite conversation skips.

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Featured Work

TIME

The Problem With Watching Porn & Playing Video Games—For Girls

HIMS & HERS

A Sex-Positive Look Inside Today’s Curated Sex Parties

GLAMOUR

More Women Are Exploring Sex Tourism—And I Was One of Them

Book

Getting Off (Simon & Schuster)

A raw, unflinching memoir of sex and porn addiction, and the messy, human work of recovery.

“In reading Garza’s insight into her own experiences, we better understand ourselves.”
The New York Times Book Review

HuffPost

"I Should Have Friends By Now"

Salon

"Tales of a Female Sex Addict"

Business Insider

"We Raised Our Daughter Abroad. She Barely Remembers It."

Mamamia

"Why I Stopped Smiling in Photos"

VICE

"I Was a Jealous Partner Until I Went on a Swingers Vacation"

Business Insider

"I Left Osho's Ashram to Protect My Children"