The Lady Garden
So, yeah, you can find me at a new place. I will still be here on occasion, just checking in, saying hi, whining about how the fucking patriarchy has done me wrong, but really, it’ll be more fun over...
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[Cross-posted at TLG, but here if you want an even safer place to call me a slut.] The first time I was ever called a slut, it was by my brother. I was 14, and a virgin. He objected to the shirt I was...
View ArticleReal life
A while ago, I talked to a friend soon after she had been sexually assaulted. I sat with her, on her couch, while she cried and talked about feeling violated and scared and hurt. And amongst all that,...
View ArticleAn Apple A Day
Tallulah Bankhead told a friend that her doctor had advised her to eat an apple every time she had the urge to drink. She arched an eyebrow and added, “But really, dahlings, sixty apples a day! from...
View ArticleNot that Into You (Or maybe I am, you could just ask)
A friend linked to this on Facebook, and it got me thinking. I am going to ignore the misogynist, ableist, and homophobic language in the post, because that’s not what I started thinking about.(Well,...
View ArticleUm, how about you shut the fuck up?
From today’s sideswipe: Have these people escaped from a hospital? Has the recession meant that they can’t afford clothes? Or are they all simply lacking in dignity and etiquette? Cut it out: you look...
View ArticlePhobias
“I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone.”
View ArticleMore slutting it up.
I am, by any reasonable definition, a slut. I’ve had multiple partners, I’ve had one night stands, I’ve sexted, I’ve flashed my tits, I’ve been drunk in public, I’ve worn short skirts and see-through...
View ArticleHello, darlings.
Well, clearly, I have been too bourbon-addled to post here are Strongly Wrong very often. That, and the fact that everything I have written is up at TLG, and I doubt there is anyone reading here who...
View ArticleWhy
There was something of a shitstorm over at tlg this past couple of days on my post on Paul Quinn. It was exhausting and stressful. Having to respond to the comments, to make this argument, which is, to...
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