The Body Politic/Feminism
In the End
In the endIt will not matterThat I was a woman. I am sure of it.The body is a source. Nothing more.There is a time for it. There is a certaintyAbout the way it seeks its own dissolution.Consider rivers.They are always en route toTheir own nothingness. From the first...
The Witch
*a poem for the day and darkening season from poet, writer and teacher Bethany W. Pope. More on Pope below. It's spooky just remembering the masks, and quarantines, in my view. How odd and unsettling that time was. To experience a pregnancy or health crisis of any...
Rotten, Rotten from Top to Bottom
*My progressive column for the month of October, and the last to be published in print (on 10/21) prior to the election November 3rd, which is NEXT WEEK, peeps. Have you got a plan to vote? Checked your registration with your state or local board of elections? Voted...
The Couriers
The word of a snail on the plate of a leaf?It is not mine. Do not accept it. Acetic acid in a sealed tin?Do not accept it. It is not genuine. A ring of gold with the sun in it?Lies. Lies and a grief. Frost on a leaf, the immaculateCauldron, talking and crackling All...
I’m. Not. Sorry.
Discipline is the art of not betraying yourself. - Marcus Aurelius It happened again. A woman I know, in a local rec center locker room, apologized for taking her shirt off in front of me. Sorry?! What are you sorry for? We're in a locker room, I just got out of the...
The Question Was… (pt. 1)
Did you show sparks of feminism when you were a child? This was on that gift and source of sewage called 'social media', this time a gift as the answers (I'll start with my own) are fab. Fascinating. Frustrating. Informative. Don't tell and teach girls (and people of...
Incompetent Sperm…
Or, why science research matters. But, yup. Incompetent sperm, or, rather, compromised, geriatric or otherwise not up to snuff spermatozooa. Because research into women's health, women's sports, women's anything is so much less than that done on anything involving...
Candace Lightner? Anyone?
Candace Owens, Candice Bergen. Candace...Lightener? Never heard of her. But she changed the world. Really. Social justice movements can and do change the world, including public perception, the law, and eventual outcomes for many millions of us. That's a fact. They...
Embrace Being the Villain
Prepare to be the villain in their story for finally standing up for yourself. Be preparedfor those who exploited your kindness to change the narrative to suit them. The tableshave finally turned. Now you stand tall. You will not be walked over anymore. ~ Samira...