Play a Day: Swipe Left
Read in the style of slam poetry. I joined Tindr to practice saying No. It’s a word women don’t say enough. No to thirsty cis male PUAs who show up on my feed of women. No to the poly woman… Read morePlay a Day: Swipe Left
Tag: feminism
REVIEW: Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own
I work part-time in a bookstore, and was captivated by both the title and cover of Kate Bolick’s new book, Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own on our shelves. A woman, presumably Bolick, sits smiling on an antique sofa in… Read moreREVIEW: Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own
Play a Day: Choice
Spotlight. Stage Right. A posh living room setup. Not quite the level of the 1%, but clearly someone well-to-do. A woman in her early to mid-thirties reclines on a chaise lounge, reading a magazine. Behind her, a woman of color… Read morePlay a Day: Choice
Tick Tock
I don’t have a maternal instinct. I hardly know how to talk to kids, let alone raise one. Besides that, I have a lot of things I want to do with my life, and children don’t factor into that.
In a lot of ways, having kids is still the default setting for women. But it shouldn’t be. The response to a woman saying she doesn’t want children shouldn’t be a wink and the word “yet.”
It just really gets under my skin. Having some straight, married woman tell me that I’ll probably decide I want children sometime in the next ten years.
Christmas Thoughts and Fearless Women
Sometimes I think I could let myself off the hook more.
Maybe doing what I love can be enough.
Maybe I should stop worrying so much about whether what I’m doing is the most important thing I could possibly do, and worry more about if I feel alive.
I want to feel that joy and exuberance Julia Child felt when she graduated from cooking school, and again when her cookbook was published.
And if I was full of that joy, maybe I’d have the energy for something else, too.
Thoughts on Street Harassment
Last Friday night was perhaps the first time I’ve felt legitimately unsafe walking the streets of Austin since I moved here a little over a year ago. I wanted to attend a Halloween event at a queer-friendly bar downtown, and… Read moreThoughts on Street Harassment
Another Crossroads
As a part of my freelance writing gig, I sometimes like to do performance reviews. I went to see a show tonight, but I wish I would have done something else instead. It was 2 one-act plays based on short… Read moreAnother Crossroads
In Defense of “Ladies”
This article recently popped up in my newsfeed on Facebook. I’ve had mixed feelings about it ever since. Believe me, I know “ladies” is problematic. I know I’m not a “lady,’ strictly speaking. Technically, I think “ladies” are those people who… Read moreIn Defense of “Ladies”
My Body, Myself
It’s the new year and a time when a lot of people are making New Year’s Resolutions, and a common one is always dieting. I, on the other hand, have never been big on dieting. I love food and I… Read moreMy Body, Myself