Happy Holidays and 2015 review
I’ll be taking a little break from the blog, from now until early January. I wanted to say happy holidays, a huge thank you, and highlight a couple important things Continue Reading →
Month: December 2015
The act of writing is protest
“Poetry and protest go well together… Poetry is by nature subversive.” A little while ago a friend gave me this incredible book, The Poetry of Protest. I’ve been reading and Continue Reading →
The Grand Unified Theory of Women’s Pain
‘The pain of women turns them into kittens and rabbits and sunsets and sordid red satin goddesses, pales them and bloodies them and starves them, delivers them to death camps Continue Reading →
Medication Masterpost
I get a lot of questions about the medications I am on, both for physical and mental health reasons, and the positive or negative side effects they might have. So Continue Reading →
“It’s Not Enough”
‘IT’S NOT ENOUGH TO CONSIDER OURSELVES GOOD MEN BECAUSE WE DON’T BASH WOMEN’ – former Police Commissioner Key Lay, on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
Toxoplaswhat?
A couple of weeks ago I was diagnosed with toxoplasmosis. I’ve kind of been dealing with the news on my own, and I don’t know what’s going to happen next. Continue Reading →
What does “inclusion” actually mean?
Today is the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The theme this year is “Inclusion matters: access and empowerment for people of all abilities.” So what does inclusion actually Continue Reading →
Illness means you’re ill, not dead
I’m gonna be honest, today was really shit. Mentally, physically, everything. And a lot of this was created by me. I could have avoided it. But I didn’t. Here’s why.