Feminist ramblings.
Someone recently asked me how I became a feminist. Let me set the scene for you. I’m ten years old, living in Ogden, Utah. My father is stationed at Hill Air Force Base, and I’m merrily exploring hitherto unimagined depths of unpopularity at Horace Mann...So, where’ve you been, Katherine?
Pretty much working, exercising, and writing my novel. And nagging my sister to put dog pictures on Flickr. I think the world needs more pet pictures, don’t you? Isn’t that an Avenue Q song? “The Internet is for Pet Pictures”? Current novel...ebook fever!
I just subscribed to Asimov’s as an ebook from fictionwise. See, I love Asimov’s, but I hate the way all those little digest-sized books start to cover every available surface of my home. This is much better, because they just go onto my PDA and are there...Man assaults woman. She gets in trouble.
A man sits next to a woman on a plane. He spreads his legs, pressing them up against her. She complains. He tells her, “You’re a big girl.” She says, “Don’t fucking talk to me like that.” He grabs her arm and threatens,...Hmmm, that’s interesting.
Apparently, my comment sp@mmers are offering me links to pictures of garden implements. One even offered garden implements with cats. Intoxicated cats. How can I ever resist? *deletes*Unwelcome Bodies, by Jennifer Pelland
This anthology contains several stories I really love, including “Big Sister/Little Sister,” “Captive Girl,” and “The Last Stand of the Elephant Man.” I’m sure I’ll love the others just as much. Jennifer Pelland is made...Winter Driving Advice for Southerners
Since Atlanta has decided to be freakish and have winter weather, and since I know I have readers from the frozen north, I thought I’d share my meager knowledge and hope for comments. Snow: When I was moving to Virginia, I asked my Mom for driving in the snow...There are times when I love working for a college.
This is one of them. I was last at work on December 21. I’m not expected back until after New Year’s. You may now hate me. 😉 Sadly, this is not ending up being insane amounts of writing and working out. But I had a very busy year, and probably need the...What we did for Nondenominational Winter Holiday.
I don’t know why, but I’m feeling down on secular Christmas this year. Perhaps it’s residual bad-taste-in-mouth from the lame, trumped-up “War on Christmas” crap from a few years ago. Maybe it’s that the S.O. and I are agnostic....Subscribe
