Archive | October 2012
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Saddest Picture In the World + Stuff for you, Cos I Like You.
They were just an abandoned pair of Crocs that blended in with the landscape such that I nearly didn’t see them. Immediately, I started to tell myself the story of the person who used to wear those shoes, how they got there, why there was a ponytail holder just next to them. The brownness of […]
The Seriousness of Coloring
Child turned 7 and became a whole new person with a sophisticated set of social know-how, a dazzling sense of humor, and the attitude of a 13-year-old girl. So, before getting in my face and saying, aggressively, “Mommy, I want to go with Lydia!” in this clenched-teeth voice that was legitimately almost frightening, we had this conversation: […]
Open Letter to He Who Must Have the Last Word (In A Professional Context)
Dear He, Please note the careful choice of pronoun. I have never met a woman who is so enamored of delivering a bitter pill of haute vulgarisation to a poor, plebeian other. I never met a woman who cradled her mons pubis while delivering her last word. Who took such small-minded, bureaucratic joy in lording her position, […]
