It’s a frightening time. I’m frightened. My body has been on high alert for days. I’m exhausted when I fall asleep and I’m exhausted when I wake up. I am on an edge that no amount of meditating or cute puppy pictures can push me away from. I cry when something breaks in my house […]
I read 52 books this year. That’s one for every week! It wasn’t exactly one book a week, and some of these were audiobooks that I listened to while driving the scientists to and from school and such, but I heard somewhere that audiobooks still count – and so I counted them. Not included are […]
A few weeks ago, my wedding dress was delivered to me stuffed in a paper grocery bag. I made that dress myself. It’s lined with my son’s felted baby blankets and has my grandmother’s pearls sewn into it. It was really something, but I only wore it as long as the wedding itself. It hung for […]
Everyone is saying “me too” and men are aghast and outraged. Guess what bucko’ I’ve been raped by men nicer than you. I have been assaulted by men who write feminist manifestos on their facebook walls. I have been harassed and coerced by men you admire, perhaps you’ve read their books, or listen to their […]