Hello, reader. How are you doing? Ming and I were talking about gender, as we often do. Ming was telling me an aspect of enbies I don’t always think of. He was telling me how there’s not a messed up team spirit like cis men have. Cis men are pro-men and like they have to… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? I’ve been thinking more about what disables me. My community member friend wrote a long, helpful comment on that recent post. He said the issue isn’t really capitalism. deeper Yes, I agree–there’s something deeper than capitalism itself that disables me. It drives the dysfunction that’s hurting me and in… Read More »
Hello, do you know about Rev Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir? I have two good friends in that choir. I’ve been arrested in civil disobedience with both of them, doing peace work. I love the ideas of the Earth Church. Rev Billy preaches anti-capitalism and love of Earth through Stop Shopping. He and the… Read More »
Hello, how are you doing? I was having some trouble with my throat chakra. It can feel stuffed up. What words did I need to say, that I swallowed to keep fake peace for my survival? When did I clam up, to protect myself or someone else? What truths did I pretend did not exist,… Read More »
Hello! How are you doing? Sometimes people read one of my zines that’s a few years old, and they make the mistake of thinking all that stuff is still true. If you read something, it might not be true anymore. The reason I say anything can be that I need to say it, then lay… Read More »
Hello, how are you doing? Toward the middle of the homelessness of me and Ming, I wrote this poem The Earth is My Home. It’s important to me because it speaks exactly what I was feeling at the time–a clear delivery from Mother God. It’s about home, putting love at the center of well-being, and… Read More »
Hello, I’ve been thinking about nesting. I’m quite the nester. If I’m really close to someone, especially if sex is involved, I want to live with them. That’s just the kind of animal I am. Cozy, cuddly, caring, curious, homey, needy animal. I was thinking about nesting because I met a couple–they seem to really… Read More »
Hello, how are you doing? I’d like to tell you about my interview on Madness Radio. It posted yesterday: Love Is a Skill. Please listen and share. Love Is a Skill | Laura-Marie & Jacks McNamara | Madness Radio The interviewers Will Hall and Jacks McNamara are rock stars of radical mental health. They are… Read More »
I was telling my friend how sluts are the best. She did something she felt slutty about, and she thought that might be a bad thing. My opinions started to sound like a blog post. This is about how I’m a slut and what’s so great about us. Slut is what a woman is called… Read More »
Hello, how are you doing? I wrote a poem a few years ago about what love is. I printed it on pink cardstock and drew some little doodles, four poems to a page, and cut the page into fourths for pink postcards. It was my Valentine, about three and a half years ago. I used… Read More »