hierodule reminded me that I've been meaning to post a link to this for a few days now:

Phone Sex Operators: Photo Essay. I'm really interested in the book, when it comes out ( Read more... )

Well, close enough.

Woke up finally feeling rested and good this morning. Given the storms coming through later this week, we'll see how long that lasts, but I'm enjoying it for the moment.

Reading Hero, an impulse purchase at Visible Voice. Despite some plot holes I'm enjoying it a good deal ( Read more... )

Oh, yay! I finally know what kind of tree the Kenyon Upside-down Tree is!

and more info

And a few pics of our upside-down tree at Kenyon, scammed from Flickr ( Read more... )

The Contraception Failure ( Read more... )

Mostly a reference for myself, and an update to those who keep an eye out for what's going on with my psych stuff (hey, jajy1979Argh. I'm a mess. Really gotta stop doing this to myself in terms of my sleep patterns; I'm exhausted, have a hellish migraine, and currently the emotional maturity of a pre-tantrum three-year-old. I should be sent to my room for ( Read more... )

*grumpetygrumpgrump ( Read more... )

While I was back at Kenyon, I picked up a copy of Kluge's Alma Mater, about a year at Kenyon. I was looking forward to reading it, for the different perspective on my erstwhile home, and for the nostalgia trip. What I hadn't realized was when he wrote it ( Read more... )

On matters of passingI identify strongly with elements of her experience, although the details are somewhat different than mine. But by and large, it's not hard for me to be accepted in mainstream society, or to pass in a variety of ways, either accidentally or by default, or sometimes by decision. And I think it's part of why I'm loud ( Read more... )

A fabulous response to the Wiscon troll

The very best bit: I am still fat, and I am still not sorry. And nothing you can say, nothing you can post, nothing you can do will change that. No matter how many times you try to humiliate me. No matter how much you want me to hate myself. Because it’s my fucking body. And I don’t owe you a damn thing ( Read more... )

And along the lines of new recommendations, I was recently pointed toward Tristan Taormino's new site, Opening Up, about open relationships (she also has a sex advice site, and she makes awesome porn. Um, yeah. I'm a bit of a fangirl.) I'm looking forward to reading the book, but the blog has some really great links (some of you may be ( Read more... )