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Fall
“The Time Is Now” Prompt: This week… begin by writing an autumnal scene that takes inspiration from an especially seasonal image or sensation. Include contradictory elements in your scene, such as light and dark, soft and sharp, silence and noise, warmth and coldness, that are often a part of fickle fall feelings. Does the specification…
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The Eleventh Hour
In an effort to get my writing mojo back, I recently subscribed to “The Time is Now” newsletter from Poets & Writers which sends out weekly writing prompts. I’m not guaranteeing weekly posts, but I’m gonna see what comes out of it each week. I’m expecting a lot of roughly written pieces as I’m just…
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Writing Woes 😩
You know, I feel like my writing “feet” are stuck in the mud. It’s been almost a year since I submitted Book 2 for award/publishing consideration. The first year I wanted to submit, the press closed submissions early and I missed the deadline, so I had to wait until the next submission period opened to…
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Myriam Gurba – Creep
I started reading Creep last year when I picked up an ARC from a local bookstore. It was a rough start, getting used to the way Myriam introduces other narratives into the story she’s telling, but I’ve been actively reading it the past few weeks. By the end of the collection, I was all up…
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David Bell: The Request
Did I like this book? Eh. Did I hate it? Nope. The Request was actually a fairly well-paced read. It took me about a month (of Mon-Fri, 15-30 min sessions) to finish. If it was awful, it would’ve taken me much longer; if it was great, I would’ve zoomed through it. I guess my biggest…
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Pleasure Activism. Liberated Relationships, Expanded and Principles in Practice
We’re down to the last two pieces I want to discuss in Pleasure Activism. Liberated Relationships, Expanded adrienne maree brown’s principles for liberated relationships: Liberated Relationships: “[R]elationships that center the freedom and transformation of all partners, romantic, platonic, political, familial, or some combination of these.” (p.403) Radical honesty “No omissions, no white lies, no projections.…
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Writing Thoughts – Book 2 and Book 3 Mini Updates
I’m supposed to be working on a piece for Book 3. I have idea notes, so I won’t be lost by taking this detour. I was updating my running notes before writing and decided to check Outside Voice and Book 2 to see how many pieces are in each (30 in the first, 1 long…
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Pleasure Activism. brief thoughts on drugs, mental health, and giving myself away
Two more and we’re done. Promise. The Politics of Radical Drug Use Growing up, drugs were always off the table. I had friends who smoked weed occasionally, but nothing harder than that (that I was aware of). As an adult, drugs are still off the table. I do believe people deserve respect and access to…
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Pleasure Activism. Use Your Voice
“Our silence is a survival strategy. Our silence has protected us against potential violence, an unfortunately common response of patriarchy and/or other kinds of power when met with rejection. Our silence protects us from being rejected. Our silence upholds social norms that teach us that it’s more important to be polite than to be honest,…
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Pleasure Activism. Liberating Your Fantasies & Pornography and Accountability
We’re discussing two pieces here because they go together so seamlessly. Liberating Your Fantasies “Somewhere along the journey, through attraction we feel for others, media images, and healthy and/or unhealthy interactions with those older than us, visuals and story lines groove a pathway for desire in our brains. We begin to have certain scenarios that…
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