Archive for March, 2009
Migraine Log – Week 16
I’ve been taking Petadolex for over three months now and haven’t noticed any improvement at all in my migraines. As of today, I’m going to stop taking it. However, because I only kept track of my migraines for a week before I started taking Petadolex, I am going to keep track of my migraines for […]
What do you know?
LL Cool Joe started an interesting meme a couple weeks ago and Leo tagged me. The rules: 1. You’ve got to post a link from the person who tagged you. 2. List 8 things that you know about on your chosen subject. You get to choose the subject. 3. You don’t have to tag anyone […]
Femmes and femininity
Dr. Isis wrote a moving, insightful post last week on what we tell girls and women about their bodies. I’m going to quote liberally, but it’s definitely worth reading the entire thing. Along with Sublime Femme’s recent “Femme Myth’s” post, it’s inspired me to finally write about how as a femme woman, I am often […]
Sense of self
From Haruki Murakami’s The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: No one said anything. Noboru Wataya appeared not to have even noticed that I had arrived. In order to make sure that I had not suddenly turned transparent, I put a hand on the table and watched as I turned it over and back a few times.
A Poem
Complicated Pleasures Bill Ramsell We were in bed together listening to Lyric, to a special about the Russians, when the tanks rolled into Babylon. For a second I could feel their engines, and the desert floor vibrating, in the radio’s bass rattling your bedroom as the drums expanded at the centre of the Leningrad, as […]
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What I’ve Noticed
My university, like many others across the country, is facing unbelievable budget cuts (40%!!!). They’re cutting programs and employees right and left. What I don’t get is why they aren’t cutting athletics. “Corrective rape” of lesbians in South Africa goes unprosecuted. Incredibly bad news for women in Arizona. Come back, Janet! Dear Famous Asshole Neurologist […]