The Body Politic/Feminism
Shiny Crappy People
The other night I watched the first episodes of a documentary about the Duggar family, made famous on TV thanks to TLC and their own (as the documentary makes clear) greed, venality, and ambition. I couldn’t sleep afterwards, because although it was unsurprising that...
The Ever-Expanding GOP Field
Is it possible, scientists in the room, to both expand and contract at the same time? I am not a scientist, nor even science adjacent, although I do defer to science and medical professionals when making decisions regarding, say, vaccines, but I digress. The GOP field...
Another Mistake I Made, Bigly!
Because I always seek to serve and educated others (well, sometimes), let’s go into another mistake – actually a series of mistakes – that I made from which you too can learn! While I cannot of course keep anyone from making the necessary errors they will and even...
World on Fire
Today the entire region in which I live was covered in smoke, the sun was red from sun up to sundown, when it was visible, that is, due to the wildfires in Canada. It was hard on my eyes, my nose, and I cannot imagine what it was like for anyone whose respiratory...
The Greatest Dress, Ever!
“How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child.” ~ Wm. Shakespeare, King Lear My mother once bought me the greatest dress, ever. I was thirteen. This dress was epic, so epic I even wore it once. Once, and only once – because she demanded that I do...
Are You A Decorative Plate on the Walls of Mens’ Lives, Or Are You a Human Being Inherently Worthy of Value?
Recently, I told a friend the truth. We have been very close friends for six years or so, after knowing one another for over a decade. We are the same age, go for walks together, give one another leftovers, text daily, advise one another on whatever the issue of the...
The First Time: O.P.
Posting this again, original poster and post (O.P.), urging you to write for the project, or spread the good word and get your friends to do so in your stead... with my deepest gratitude. The First Time – A letter, brief (?) tale, and request to a few of my...
From the Archive: Thumper
*I wrote this piece in or around 2007, and could write forever on the subject of body, weight, diets and all that jazz - in fact, I think I have, with this being just one iteration of that endless seemingly saga...thanks for reading. I want a dollar for every leg...
From the Archive: My Abortions
*The photo above was taken by me @ The Women's March in D.C. in 2017. This essay was originally written in 2011, and has been updated to include the following, post-Dobbs, introduction. And, to reframe – I’ll write more about this at another time – men are 100%...