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The night after Prince died, the DJ upstairs cranked Raspberry Beret on repeat while he and his friends sand along with it, and kept up the music all night. I had a job interview in the morning but I did not have the heart to ask him to turn it down. ❤ On my wayContinue reading “Dearly Beloved . . .”

I keep forgetting to link my Bitter Butch advice columns here! Dear Bitter Butch, Last week someone brought their twins into the office. They are, I dunno, less than a year old? The boy is starting to walk, the girl hasn’t yet, so however old that would make them. And the boy was crying. AndContinue reading “Dear Bitter Butch: How Do I Handle Terrible Parenting?”

Hey, writer friends, particularly WOMEN OF COLOR and TRANS women: Here’s a paying market! $100/piece.   My friend Dena Marie Landon is launching a hybrid fashion blog and feminist magazine in September called Femme Feminism.   FROM DENA: The site’s mission is to create an inclusive community for all women, feminine and non-binary, to discussContinue reading “Call for pitches: Femme Feminism”

A tiny dot of a girl just decided that the three-foot slide in the kiddy pool was too scary and went back down the stairs with great delicacy.

BOOKS & STORIES WE READ FROM IN THE WORKSHOP The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin Pioneering feminist science fiction dealing with gender on a world where people assume a gender only to mate and those who are permanently one gender or another are seen as bizarre and disturbing. Gooseberry Bluff CommunityContinue reading “Q Quest Kids: Queer and GenderQueer SF/F lists!”

She watched this so we wouldn’t have to. I was encouraged by their partner organizations, so I am disappointed. I especially call your attention to this: “Can you imagine Sesame Street making videos of parents of typical children complaining about how difficult it is to raise their kids? Can you imagine Sesame Street doing thisContinue reading “Not In Love With Julia”