Tag Archives: on being queer

It Gets Better

Posted on March 12, 2012 by

I got my 10 seconds of Youtube fame in this video put together by the Harvard Medical School community for the It Gets Better project. Link in case the embed fails: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOOo7ZtjKBI Living well is often the best revenge. Every … Continue reading →

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The move: after

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

Wednesday 12/21/2011 Solstice. The Longest Night. The shortest day. We wake at 6:00 a.m. or thereabouts, with the windows outside still black. Day dawns rainy, chilly, but not freezing cold; it’s in the 50s on the solstice. Still, we know … Continue reading →

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The move: during

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

Saturday 12/17/2011 Moving day. 8:30 a.m. and I have time enough for tea, time enough for love. Sipping the tea from my to-go mug (all the china is packed). Laptop laboring away with its asthmatic fan. Surrounded by boxes, and … Continue reading →

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The move: before, during, after (introduction)

Posted on January 21, 2012 by

On a bright, cool day in December I packed up all my things and took the fool’s journey into a new cohabitation. The fool will say “it’s different this time,” but the wise fool knows when it’s actually true. What … Continue reading →

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Emo femme shopping and what it won’t give me

Posted on August 11, 2011 by

A while back, a friend of mine posted on Facebook that she wanted to indulge in some “emo femme shopping,” but that she was resisting the impulse. And she summed up the post with a phrase I wish I were … Continue reading →

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