An Ode to My (Unintentionally Feminist) Auto Mechanic
From Flickr User motor74. A much newer edition of my car. There are about 3 things in my life right now that I wish were different. The main one is that I wish I hadn’t landed, as an adult, a mere 100...
View ArticleRAGE AGAINST THE PENIS PUMPS!
From Flickr User ChadMageria Samantha Bee did a spot on The Daily Show about Medicare funding penis pumps. Now, I know the spin is outrageous, and sometimes rhetorical, and meant for entertainment, but...
View ArticleWhy I Called Editorial Notes Love Letters (and Never Will Again)
from flickr user PAVDW I’ve been working on this post with a different title in my mind for a while. I would’ve called it “Why I Call Editorial Notes Love Letters.” I planned to say it makes things...
View ArticleFunk Life With Community and Woodpecker
From Flickr user DNAMichaud I have traditionally avoided funks by being addicted to productivity. If I am constantly in a flurry of activity, I cannot introspect enough to be depressed. I become...
View ArticleHolding the Disk At Bay: The Power of Clear(er) Self-Perception
From Flickr user Dani P.L. The current working title of my memoir is I Am Coming In From the Other Side: This is Me Finding My Way. While drafting, which took place over a couple of years, starting in...
View ArticleRunning Makes Me a Better Writer; I Bet It Would Work For You, Too.
From Flickr user Robin McConnell I used to feel outright hostile toward fitness/body progress shared on social media.* So I asked myself why. All I could come up with was dumb fear that: a) I will be...
View Article#YesAllWomen: How The Interwebs Blew My Mind + Cracked Me Open w/ Rage
screen shot of quick Twitter Search I’m sure you’ve heard all about Elliot Rodger and his misogynist manifesto followed by an array of violence where seven people + Rodger lost their lives. In case you...
View ArticleFranzen, Weiner, and Nuance
From Flickr User Gerard Stolk I’ve been planning my triumphant return to blogging. Since I’m done with grad school (for now), I theoretically have time for this again. What I planned was this...
View ArticleNotes From The Road.
Flickr user Nicholas A. Tonelll Today I drove 40 miles south, then a few hours later I drove back. I saw at least ten cars pulled over, but only got a look at four of the drivers. Two black; two white....
View ArticleWay Cool Women Doing Way Cool Things
We’ll call this shameless self-promotion During these last lazy days of summer, spend some of your afternoon spinning around in your desk chair looking at these lovely lady entrepreneurs of the...
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