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oakland sci-fi, july 2013 25 Aug 2013 | 07:19 am
these four pieces were generated and shared at the last octavia butler sci-fi session in oakland. the prompt, in honor of the book mind of my mind, was: what is the pattern that will liberate us? en...
learning to see myself 21 Aug 2013 | 03:39 am
yesterday i was on a plane and looked across the aisle at a beautiful woman. she was round in every way a woman could be, a round soft chin, round breasts pillowing out of her shirt, round thighs pres...
5 years 14 Aug 2013 | 09:51 pm
five years ago my life changed. it was dramatic, and it wasn’t. my nephew was being born 3000 miles away from me. i reached out to see if i should come, if i was needed. my laboring sister and my emo...
dropping into body 30 Jul 2013 | 12:19 pm
spent the day today driving down the coast of california, hiking, dancing, laughing. i have never regretted saying yes to a road trip in my life, it is sweet to my body to journey at this pace, touchi...
learning to respond to the world as a non-organizer 22 Jul 2013 | 08:44 pm
as usual, so much is happening. in the past couple of weeks the voting rights act was overturned, trayvon martin’s known murderer was released, detroit declared bankruptcy…these are three of roughly ...
emerging: a soundtrack 20 Jul 2013 | 09:21 am
tonight was the first night of professional development training for my writing fellowship. i feel like i (imaginally) remember i did when it occurred to me that i was crawling and walking was possibl...
SHOPPING LIST AND SCHEDULE FOR JUICE CLEANSE (reposting) 18 Jul 2013 | 09:44 pm
(posted this on my tumblr when my blog was down, and then realized it’s not searchable, so reposting here for myself!) i’m doing a combination of master cleanse and raw juices. i’ve done the master c...
Keep going Trayvon 14 Jul 2013 | 10:01 am
Southern trees bear a strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze, Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees. Pastoral scene of the gal...
Relinquish the safe territory of us and them 11 Jul 2013 | 04:13 pm
So much happens in this world because we can shirk responsibility – ‘them’ as a concept is such a relief, such a gift. ‘They’ are destroying the world, hoarding resources, dominating space, etc. In t...
lessons from a transformative breakup: how to find new ways be in each other’s lives and not split the communities we love or the movements we support... 5 Jul 2013 | 10:51 pm
Try every single thing you can to make it work, and articulate the effort you are making to each other. Even things you aren’t sure will work – try EVERYthing. this will matter later. Love yourself. ...
