I kissed her, he

I kissed her, he explained, aggrieved. Mmm, yes, I had the dubious pleasure of witnessing that, ah-hem, overly public occurrence. Lyall sharpened his pen nib, using a small copper blade that ejected from the end of his glassicals. Well! Why hasn’t she done anything about it? the Alpha wanted to know. You mean like whack … Read more

Having an eating disorder

Having an eating disorder doesn’t show ‘strength.’ Strength is when are able to overcome your demons after being sick and tired for so long. Starving is not a ‘diet’ and throwing up isn’t something that only extremely thin men or women do. Eating disorders do not discriminate..Neither does any other mental illness. These are deadly … Read more

Both sameness and difference

Both sameness and difference are issues for us. A sign of cultural homogenization is that languages are disappearing at an alarming rate. I am heartened by signs that some peoples are fighting back, e.g., the revitalization of the language of the Wampanoag tribe in Massachusetts. But if we reject essentialism about culture, we will be … Read more