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Cranky

I’m grumpy and impatient with everything. It’s my period; my ten day waiting period. Such a great joke with such a tiny audience.

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Something Very Smart

On Actually Keeping Queer Queer: A Response to Cherie Moraga By Morgan Collada Cherríe Moraga’s essay, entitled “Still Loving in the (Still) War Years: On Keeping Queer Queer,” is a two-part essay that was first published in 2009. The first … Continue reading

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is this a prose poem?

I have a friend who I do not see very much. We have known each other for a very long time, but we are also newly acquainted these past few years. We are also falling out of touch. First her … Continue reading

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My Brush With Greatness

Last night, Iggy Pop dove off the stage and landed on my head, bending my glasses.

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A Mechanical Moment

I’ve recently been lucky enough to come in to possession of a couple of guns I’ve been coveting for a long time. They are the 1897 Winchester shotgun and the 1896 Krag-Jorgensen. My Krag is actually an 1898 model, but … Continue reading

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I remember them

It’s Transgender Day of Remembrance. Today we remember those lost in the last year to transphobic violence. I refuse to remember you next year. You will still be here. I insist. I have hands and mind and the will. If … Continue reading

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Breakup Announcement!

That’s it! I’m a little heartbroken, but I’ll get over it. I’m dumping my boyfriend, Feminist Ryan Gosling. I was completely head-over-heels, but then I discovered that he’s a patronizing weasel. My people are not a badge of political coolness … Continue reading

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I’m a Romantic

I can’t help it. I have ideas about how the world should be. I have ideas about how people should be with each other. Sometimes I’m self-indulgently nostalgic for the present. Are there any two words sweeter than General Strike?

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SHOE!

I was doing some archive stuff today. I found a pair of shoes that I was completely astounded by. Words don’t do them justice, but in case you aren’t believing your eyes (or are vision impaired), they are fairly simple … Continue reading

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Cookies!

In what seems to be a new trend in my writing, another quick throwaway in which I barely even say what I’m saying. I’m gonna be eating Girl Scout cookies this year. Even if they aren’t made from real Girl … Continue reading

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