spring is about action spring is effort: growth is a fight a handful of seeds is a savings account, a jar full of coins is a fallow field — is next year’s harvest spring is the championship season, rooting for the future spring is a coil ready to jump up & forward a bounce in a step, … Continue reading spring-loaded
the lord is a shoving leopard
being seen, part 2 when i first moved to kansas city (missouri not kansas) in the mid-90s, a group of women who were a decade or more my senior took me into the hull of their ship: a lesbian vessel captained by strong, yet tired women, who had been weathering the stormy seas of homophobia on … Continue reading the lord is a shoving leopard
persistence: it’s what women do
the start of something big #persist2017 "The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house." -- Audre Lorde As I drove home from UC Riverside last night, I could just make out the Man in the Moon squinting down from behind clouds that seemed strangely out of place above my stomping grounds: Southern California’s Inland Empire. A … Continue reading persistence: it’s what women do
to hell with the little guy*
after yet another horrific national tragedy that could have been prevented by common sense gun regulations — but will simply be rushed into the past, forgotten until the next one — all i can do is apologize for ever using the phrase: fight for the little guy. by having used this phrase, i’ve diminished myself & whole groups of … Continue reading to hell with the little guy*
you bucking fitches
being seen, part 1: why i protest why do you march? what do you have to protest for? these questions, in their many forms, are something i’ve been asked often since the women’s march. & the simplicity of questions like these can stump the strongest of us, rooted as we are in the knowledge that the … Continue reading you bucking fitches
red, white & brown
we lived in a small wyoming town & the neighbors were nice until you played too loudly or ran across their yard caught up in hide & seek or kick the can & then it’s not that your just some dumb kid it’s that you’re some dumb mexican some half-breed who is contaminated by the … Continue reading red, white & brown
the problem with cisgender bathrooms
in the late 90s, i was driving from kansas city, mo, through nebraska, by myself, to go home to wyoming to visit my family. at the time, i had a buzzed haircut & a wary approach to most anyone new i met. honestly, i was wary of most of the people i’d known before the … Continue reading the problem with cisgender bathrooms
heavens borders closed indefinitely
BREAKING NEWS: heaven has taken in all the life refugees it can handle. it is closing its borders until they are able to suss out the radical christians from the other white bodies who honestly are a bit hard to tell apart. heaven doesn't want to let one of those crazy gun-toting christians in, an … Continue reading heavens borders closed indefinitely
a small bite in the right place
he called her his – he used his fists. wallpaper & eye makeup brought to you by sharpnel & strafe, llc. next time he forces you, her daughter pled, just clamp down hard, & no more weapons – no more gag reflex.
An Open Letter to Straight, White, American Men
Orlando, America. Sunday, June 12th, 2016. We have set a record — a bloody record inspiring millions of prayers & moments of silence world-round. Signs, hashtags & photos have declared solidarity & love: We Are All Orlando, Never Forget, Orlando United, Pride. Often, out of tragedy comes a thoughtful, grief-filled hush. &, then, as time passes, the … Continue reading An Open Letter to Straight, White, American Men
