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dance in the revolution

Yesterday we held the first fat transqueer disabled dance.  It was a beautiful day for unconditional love.  All bodies are valid bodies, and I’m compelled to co-create a space where all bodies belong.  I’m happy to dance in the revolution. When I scheduled the fat transqueer disabled dance, I didn’t know there was a huge… Read More »

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default to love

Hello, reader.  How are you?  I was thinking about relationship styles, love as a skill we can strengthen, how I default to love, and what stresses me out about people.  What stresses you out about people? Little of what comes naturally to me is within the range of normal friendship.  I was talking to my… Read More »

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enbies

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 »

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new interview: zines, witchery, power in community

Hello, how are you?  There’s a new interview up on youtube.  A two person roundtable conversation.  A brilliant witch living in community in the South invited me to speak. We talk about some of my favorite topics.  My experience as a multi-outsider in the Catholic Worker is great to talk about.  I love what I… Read More »

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I’m sorry

In this new episode of What I Cried About in Shavasana Today, I talk about getting a strong message from my body, which was “I’m sorry.” I’m sorry I did yoga with my wonderful yoga teacher of Ample Movement.  As I moved through the asanas, I talked to myself caringly in my head.  “You’re ok,”… Read More »

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seaweed harvesting class

Hello, we took a seaweed harvesting class.  It was north of Los Osos, right on the north edge of my homeland.  I heard about it at an Ojai farmers market.  We learned so much. We stopped by Los Osos on our way north, when we left Ojai.  It was cool to learn a lot at… Read More »

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exciting things

“What exciting things do you like to do for fun?” the man asked me.  He was a new friend in community, giving me the chance to speak about myself. My mind was a blank, trying to see my life in terms of this new friend and his values.  Survival, I thought.  That was all that… Read More »

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how to heal from being evaluated

Hello, I’ve been thinking a lot about how to heal from being evaluated.  When Ming and I started looking for a non-desert place to live earlier this year, we began a journey of trying to find a new community.  Even places we might live in work trade, or a place to rent, means someone is… Read More »

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sewing

Hello, I’ve been thinking about sewing–I want to make a pillow.  It’s delicious to consider.  I fantasize about pillow making often!  It comforts me. A few months ago, I bought some inexpensive fabric from a thrift store, when we were on that trip to my homeland.  The fabric is fun.  We washed it, and I’ve… Read More »

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Disabled Resilience Permaculture

Ming and I love permaculture, and we’re disabled.  We’ve been talking for years about disabled permaculture.  I made a zine in 2020 called permaculture for a pair, which is about disabled permaculture.  We’re the only people we know talking about this concept, and we decided to change the name.  We’ve newly coined the term Disabled… Read More »