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To Be Seen and Heard

Just a quick link to a thing I didn’t know existed until I procrastinated so hard on something I was writing that I googled myself, which is the bottom of the ‘please distract me from my work’ barrel. If you don’t follow The Rumpus, you should. It’s a beautiful site full of gorgeous writing and […]

9 Surefire Ways to Lose Weight and 1 Weird Trick You Won’t Believe

10. Eat less, exercise more I know this sounds implausible because if this worked, everyone would do it. Just like that episode of Absolutely Fabulous where Eddie decides to lose weight and her daughter Saffie is a jerk by urging her to be sensible. Saffie: Look, mum. All you’ve got to do is eat less and take […]

Chasing the Unicorn: How To Make Money as a Writer

10. Be Nic Pizzolatto. Write True Detective.  Since it is no longer possible to be Stephen King because his son has filled that position, be a relatively unknown fiction writer who cranks out searing dialogue, refuses to let anyone option it, insists on running the show himself and then have Matthew McConaughey act his ass […]

Toni Latour: The Femme Project

Originally posted on curator by day:
May 24, 2014 Toni Latour’s solo exhibition “The Femme Project” opened yesterday at Station Gallery. Show continues until July 6. ?

The Fujiwhara Effect

Originally posted on Melancholy Hyperbole:
At twelve you were already beautiful, lightning storm striking the playground, girls scattering in your path, boys burnt where they stood. At thirty you were hurricane, your body a force I fell under, your voice one note from thunder, every morning I pressed the phone closer trying to ride the…

Not All Men

Here is a cool response I received for my post at Gender Focus on the hashtag #yesallwomen. It’s kind of squishy and hard to read but worth it for the entertainment factor. Below the cool response from the nice man is my 26 point list that hopefully answers all of his questions and proclamations. Filed […]

Yes All Women

I wrote a brief, possibly incoherent post at Gender Focus about the #YesAllWomen hashtag that has been trending world-wide since Elliot Rodger went on a hate-fuelled murderous rampage last Friday. I can’t say much more about it right now because I feel sick every time I think about it. Thank you to Jarrah for putting […]

Elliot Rodger And Men Who Hate Women

Originally posted on The Belle Jar:
TW for violence against women, misogynistic language, violent language, talk of rape Last night, a 22 year old man named Elliot Rodger killed six people and injured seven more in what most news outlets are describing as a “shooting rampage.” Rodger died later that night from a gunshot wound to his…

On the Oddness of Recognition

I wrote a little bit (although it seemed like a long post and barely even touched on what I want to say about attending the Summer Literary Seminars) about being at SLS but one of the strangest parts of the experience for me was having someone I didn’t know recognize my name from my work. […]

How SLS Changed My Life

If you’re familiar with me or my work or have had the patience to read some older posts you know that I struggle with my mental health. I have spent the past six months working very intensely to engage in the physical world by making myself leave the house. At first this meant going for […]