Monthly Archives: March 2012

MOAR!

Yep, it’s internet speak. It’s the roar more. I want more and I want it loud. It’s that time of year again, the time when I feel this amazing hunger for more. I am wanting more of what’s good. I am wanting more of the things that prior to now, I’ve never wanted any of. [...]

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We’re actually NOT all Trayvon Martin

This is problematic. There is so much more this 44 year old economically secure straight white college instructor could be doing than wearing a hoodie to demand justice for Trayvon Martin. Like calling up his travel agent and stating I will no longer spend my vacation money in Florida; a state with laws that exist [...]

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Spring 2012

“Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet.” Ralph Waldo Emerson I’ve been waiting for this moment since the Winter Solstice. I knew this winter was going to be intense. And my faith in the wheel [...]

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Crush Ache

I’m aching for that crush. Specifically the wave crush from a rip curl, sloping sand, high tide. I’m on the edge of the grad school surf. Hoping to ride this out, slide out of the barrel smooth, eyes open, head down, but face up. I’m in that space where I’m facing down the waves. Letting [...]

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Stormy eyed clarity

It’s unusual to see the Sugar Moon- the full moon of March- in Northern California. Mostly because the skies are usually overcast in March. But the night of the full moon was clear. The night was still. Barely any breeze at all. Like the sky was holding it’s breath. I climbed the stairs to the [...]

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My moon/mood/madness

We’re all a bit mad aren’t we? Alright so last week it was Wonder Woman, this week it’s Grace Jones… the woman I wanted to be before I knew about gender, let alone gender bending. There’s something about a smile that looks like it could swallow a full moon. The moon that’s in the sky [...]

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What does this …

What does this image make you think of? For me, right now, it feels very emblematic. And yes, I do consider myself epic enough to deserve an emblem. Yeah, I’m in the part of the storyline right before Wonder Woman breaks through the bonds. Like, the moment where she’s thinking to herself, “Now, how did [...]

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Birthday Sex

The Collective once again goes in on sex, sexuality and Black women’s experiences. Fucking awesome.

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