Going Home
More from the archives — this was written about a year ago. I’m not entirely sure if I decided that it was finished or not…. My executive director recently discovered that I’m Cuban. “Oh,” she...
View Article#YesAllWomen: A (Kind Of) Homily
Written in June of 2014. Some thing are worth saying because they are timely; others, because they are true. Lately in Cleveland, I have had a routine: after the quieting of the daytime bustle...
View ArticleDear America: You’re Doing It Wrong (#Ferguson edition)
According to my computer, I wrote this in 2014 — on Christmas Day. Huh. Hey there! Do you have opinions about what’s happened/happening in Ferguson? Of course you do! You’re a person. Perhaps...
View Article“Sharing,” My Ass!
Written late October 2014; rejected by Grist and Shareable shortly thereafter. Have you shared lately? I don’t mean “share” in the sense that most of us use the word — the sense that we’re taught in...
View ArticleYour San Francisco Treat
Reaching waaaaaaaaaaay back before this blog even existed: March, 2007. This was written for an NYC friend’s zine, and I honestly have no idea whether it was ever published, or whether the zine even...
View ArticleOur Dumpsters, Ourselves
Written in April 2012. I came up the title and needed SOMETHING to match it! When conservative pundits caricature progressive, ecologically-minded urbanists as hothoused wealthy elites, I can’t help...
View ArticleEnter the NoPhone
Wrote this in September of 2014 — it was commissioned by Shareable, who then didn’t run it (or pay me). Transient and forgettable? Maybe… but so was the topic. If you or someone you care about...
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 ArticleWater 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 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 ArticleThis Body
Written in spring 2013 My toes are hairy; fine enough hairs on the four little toes to go unnoticed but the big toes betray my Hispanic roots more than any other feature. In Middlesex Jeffrey...
View ArticleThe Moral Universe of Harry Potter
I began writing this three years ago; it was meant to be an epic, but I lost steam fairly quickly. Visiting the Wizarding World of Harry Potter last week has rekindled enough enthusiasm to post the...
View ArticleLes Mis-a-Trois
Another blast from the past: an attempt at the Internet-hallowed form known as “snarky recap,” from early 2013. Because I always shoot for the advanced-level shit, this first effort was for a threefer...
View ArticleGoing Home
More from the archives — this was written about a year ago. I’m not entirely sure if I decided that it was finished or not…. My executive director recently discovered that I’m Cuban. “Oh,” she...
View Article“Sharing,” My Ass!
Written late October 2014; rejected by Grist and Shareable shortly thereafter. Have you shared lately? I don’t mean “share” in the sense that most of us use the word — the sense that we’re taught in...
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...
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