Why #YesAllWomen Is Really About Men, After All | Role Reboot
One of my dates from the road – one of my brilliant, handsome, thoughtful, engaging, dynamic and wonderful dates – wrote this for Role Reboot. And frankly, it’s worth a read. Tahir is wise, eloquent, and I am grateful to know him. Here’s a snippet: In the few days since the shootings at Isla Vista, […]
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As a woman who has devoted one hell of a lot of time, energy and tears to the datingverse – and thus has both politely turned down dates, impolitely turned down dates, and been politely and impolitely turned down – it’s hard not to want to say something about the recent events that have made […]
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In Memorandum
I’ve been choking on my heart today. I can feel it resting where an Adam’s apple would, making swallowing a rather heady endeavor. Literally, I’m pushing liquids to the top of my throat, then wooshing them down – I stopped trying to get my heart back down to my lungs hours ago. It’s all in the […]
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A Second Return to the Current State of Why
A lot of snail mail arrives at my parent’s house for me. A few odds and ends from places I never updated my address on, Urban Outfitter’s catalog (no matter how many times I ask to be taken off because if I needed to know what was happening at UO, I’d look it up online), […]
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From the Un-Balancing Files
Balancing “being my own best friend” along with “being a good friend to other people” has not gone so well. Glad I was prepared for this whole new world to not be a cake walk. Why can’t transitions be cake walks with mocha buttercream frosting? Maybe because then we’d all be like “let’s transition like […]
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The Song of Relationships Past
While I was still covered in face paint from the night before, I went running. And then this song came on. It came on again while I was writing at my favorite pub. The song of relationships past it seemed to bellow from beneath the staccato “Ho’s” and “Hey’s.” Sadness tried to grab me. My inner self-beast tried […]
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In Which The Word “Shit” Is Used Quite A Bit
Almost six months ago, Simone and I were texting about giving a shit. I just don’t care anymore, I told her. I seriously think you’re just out of shits to give, she replied. Tapped out. Over everything. Over life, I responded. Not really. But. Yep, she said. Almost six months ago, I was out of shits to give. […]
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