Monthly Archives: July 2012

ruh-roh, the lettuce bolted. but hey, it’s still good!

Posted on July 29, 2012 by

my lettuce has gotten ahead of me.  the hot hot summer, my constant traveling, and the munching habits of a neighborhood deer have conspired to cause my lettuce to bolt. see? now it’s all bitter and a bit latexy.  but … Continue reading →

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my ambivalence has its consequences

Posted on July 28, 2012 by

[note: names/locations/etc changed!] i’m out to dinner with two friends who haven’t met each other before tonight.  sarah, whom i’m back in chicago visiting, i haven’t seen in a few years.  jess lives in the same town as i do … Continue reading →

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sports! where apparently i “embody the third rail of gender equity”.

Posted on July 9, 2012 by

in case you missed it, trans* athletes have actually gotten a little play in the media recently, focused mostly around the awesomeness of keelin godsey, a trans* masculine genderqueer [self-identified genderfucker, even!] hammer thrower.  keelin just narrowly missed qualifying for … Continue reading →

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