Year: 2018
Letters I Wrote to Muriel Rukeyser During My Title IX Investigation
“Speak to me. / Take my hand. / What are you now? / I will tell you all. / I will conceal nothing.” When I was three I broke my father’s nose with a bat. He said he never had migraines before that day, but now has them frequently. Read more
En Pointe
The dancer’s feet adapt their shape to whatever position she bends them into, And I am reminded of how clumsy and awkward mine are – In comparison and on their own. The brightness of her spirit would put the sun to shame, Challenge even quasars to defend their astronomical power, Read more
The Wisdom of Marriage
Marriage. To know the word is to peer into the deepest cave of human behavior. There is a biological presence in marriage. Out of the two come one—half and half and in the diploid reality there is the impulse to marry—to join together. In my novel “Citadel” I ask the question—what Read more
Women Rising
I am not a political person; I am however a people person. I grew up in a middle-class home where morality, decency, and integrity were instilled in me since before I could walk. I was shown that everyone deserves the same respect no matter the race, gender, sexual preference or Read more
This Ain’t No Crisis
Screw midlife crisis. This isn’t a crisis. It’s the furthest thing from. It’s enlightenment. A goddamn renaissance. A beautiful soul-opening, mind-bending, heart-stopping, knee-weakening, see-it-with-eyes-wide-open awakening that has rendered me off-guard and breathless. My solar plexus is in a constant state of quiver. I cannot control a single speck of it. Read more
Social Media “Blackout” Proves Women Will not be Silenced
“Tomorrow, female blackout…” A writer friend sent the missive Saturday evening. The next day, women were to change their Facebook profile pictures to a simple, black square to illustrate to men what a day without women would look like. The scheme was billed as an effort to draw awareness to Read more