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Romantic Outlaws: A Review

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Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley, by Charlotte Gordon is a dual biography of Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter, Mary Shelley, utterly enthralled me. Both were talented, groundbreaking, independent thinking women; they each had drama and difficulties in their lives worthy of a Brontë novel, and between them, they knew intimately some of the most interesting people involved with Romantic literature and radical political thought from the French Revo...

That Time I Called It Leather Drag

RuPaul is famous for saying, “We’re all born naked and the rest is drag.” And that statement is relatively accurate.

Everything we put on to adorn ourselves is an opportunity enhance our image. Using clothing to empower a personal narrative, code-switch, blur lines, and express ourselves has long been part of our queer history. In many ways, it is the armor that has kept many of us safe.

Once I told a guy, we’ll call him “Dom Daddy” at a Leather event, “I love your leather drag.” He got very flust...

That Time I Called It Leather Drag

RuPaul is famous for saying, “We’re all born naked and the rest is drag.” And that statement is relatively accurate.

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Encountering the Feminine: Q&A with artist Monika

When it comes to capturing femininity, few artists compare to Monica Mechling- who created artist dolls in limited edition porcelain and one-of-a-kind polyresin clay under the eponymous brand 'Monika' from 1991-2001. The idea of an academic pursuit of dol...

Sex With A Porn Star

And The Five Lessons I Learned

Afew years ago, I received a DM on Scruff from a guy who was probably the hottest guy to ever message me. I won’t lie, I thought I was being cat fished. He was that hot. It’s not that attractive men hadn’t hit me up before, or that I didn’t find myself attractive- he was just different.

I had made the “most woofed” algorithm once or twice, and.knew my lumberjack bear currency. Fucking the pretty boy or the muscle boy wasn’t new for me, it was common. In fact, I actua...

My Dad Is Dying- Thoughts on Forgiveness

“Dad is dying.” A text comes through from my sister- “Dad has lymphoma. Proceed as you see fit. He would want you to know.”

Would he? We’ve not talked in 23 years.

For the better part of my 20’s and early 30’s, people thought my dad was already dead, and I did nothing to correct that. In truth, I may have encouraged it. It was more comfortable for him to be dead than deal with the immense trauma he caused me as a child and young adult. Imagine then when he flew into Philly looking for me trying to...

Spirit Bound Press disrupts publishing with diverse voices

The interview originally was published at The Wild Hunt Pagan News

Recently I connected with Juliet Diaz, known for her best-selling books Witchery: Embrace the Witch Within and The Altar Within. Diaz has launched her own publishing imprint, Spirit Bound Press, with a mission of inclusion and raising the bar in publishing.

I found Diaz’s relationship with the publishing world compelling. She left traditional publishing shortly after being asked to be a mentor with the U.S. Diverse Wisdom
Initiative...

Spirit Bound Press aims to disrupt magical publishing with diverse voices

The interview originally was published at The Wild Hunt Pagan News

Recently I connected with Juliet Diaz, known for her best-selling books Witchery: Embrace the Witch Within and The Altar Within. Diaz has launched her own publishing imprint, Spirit Bound Press, with a mission of inclusion and raising the bar in publishing.

I found Diaz’s relationship with the publishing world compelling. She left traditional publishing shortly after being asked to be a mentor with the U.S. Diverse Wisdom
Initiative...

What A Dom Taught Me About BDSM Power

Years ago, in my very early twenties, I was hungry for a daddy figure. I didn’t grow up with one that was present. Outside the home, there were few older male examples to look up to. Whether caring father or supportive coach, I craved it, all of it. So, being the resourceful young queer I was, I used Manhunt and Bear411 (yes, it was that long ago) to find one. And I did- well, sort of.

I met this guy, we’ll call him Brad. He was in his mid 40’s, and I was barely 21, if even. He was everything I w...

Goddess Rises Every Day

“Why it was wonderful!  Why, all
At once there were leaves,
Leaves at the end of a dry
Stick, small, alive
Leaves out of wood.  It was
Wonderful,”

Librarian of the Congress, Pulitzer Prize winner, and Modernist poet, Archibald MacLeish reminds me, “It was Wonderful!” Leaves alive out of wood! This is the moment of Spring, the moment for which most have been waiting. This is also for many a holy moment in the year. I am not using holy as an abstract of an orthodoxy that binds a special resurrection tod...