A queer and homeless acquaintance posted a suicide note on FB tonight. He was an activist and friends were able to mobilize and locate him. He is now checked into the hospital. But I just saw him last night at Free & Queer film night. He sat beside me and laughed and blew bubbles as […]
OP-ED: Stop being jerks, Texas drivers
I’m going to start by saying I’m not from Texas. I grew up in West Virginia and moved to College Station in 2010 to attend graduate school at Texas A&M University. One of the most difficult adjustments I’ve had to make over the past three and a half years (aside from getting used the weather) […]
The First Day of the Rest of my Life
Anyone who’s been following this blog knows how miserable I’ve been working in a call center. Friday was my last day, and today I started my new job in a feminist bookstore I can walk to from my house. I feel like a weight’s been lifted off my shoulders. I can feel the tension melting […]
Review: Zach Theatre’s In the Next Room
ZACH Theatre’s In The Next Room (or the vibrator play) is directed by Sarah Rasmussen, head of UT Austin’s MFA Directing program and former Associate artistic director of ZACH Theatre. Originally produced on Broadway in 2009, In The Next Room is set in the late 19th century at the home of Dr. Givings, a doctor and scientist […]