Water Music
The final essay brought up from the archives… a personal piece, written in the immediate aftermath of late January 2010, edited later that year, still felt in 2016. I am on the BART back to Oakland...
View ArticleSanta Rosa: A Love Letter
I was there last in August, on my most recent trip to the Bay Area. I stayed at my aunt and uncle’s house, just across the street from the high school and down the road from Santa Rosa Junior College;...
View ArticleSudden-Onset Baby-Mania: A Sufferer’s First-Hand Account
Another tidbit from before this blog even existed: written in 2008. Edited in 2012, by which point the sentiment had already well passed, but oh well… The biological clock is rumored to exist within...
View ArticleOn Israel
Written in September 2014. Not posted because WHY WOULD I INVITE THAT INTO MY LIFE eh fuck it though… My life isn’t complicated enough. I think I’ll write about Israel. Much ink has already been...
View ArticleAn Incomplete List of Things That Have Failed, Despite Mayim Bialik’s*...
-wearing khakis -wearing sweatpants -(wearing unisex sweatpants) -wearing a hoodie -(wearing a Shaun White for Target boys’ hoodie) -not wearing makeup -wearing glasses -long hair -short hair -being...
View ArticleWhen You’ve Gotta Be Right
Berners, spring/summer 2016: Any result that is not Bernie Sanders as the Democratic nominee is illegitimate and wrong! We must disregard the votes of millions of black women, who have overwhelmingly...
View ArticleDear Al Franken
Please. Step down. It’s been a long few weeks for women (and men) who hold memories of assault and harassment as part of our lived landscapes. It’s been a good, surprising kind of pain, to see...
View ArticleSpamming States’ Rights
Disqus has apparently decided that I am a spammer. Because spammers always read posts like this and leave comments like this: The structure of the US Senate is a very real problem. Relying on...
View ArticleA Marvelous Grief
Note: I use “MCU” here to refer strictly to the film franchise, not to any of the Marvel television properties. Acknowledgments: thanks to all those who engaged in a fascinating and deep discussion...
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