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 »
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 »
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, 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 »
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 »
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 »
“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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »