Martha Bayne is a Chicago-based writer and a senior editor with Cleveland's Belt Publishing; her work has appeared in Belt Magazine, the Baffler, Buzzfeed, the Rumpus, and many other outlets. She is also the founder of the long-running Soup & Bread community meal project, an ensemble member with Chicago's Theater Oobleck, and an eternally hopeful aerialist. For more, see marthabayne.com or @marthabayne.