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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 »

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interview with Dabby Longlegs

Last month I had an interview with Dabby Longlegs about riding trike, radical mental health, power, healing, zines, the gifts my ancestors gave me, the love I feel in my body.  Yesterday it posted.  Yay! Please consider listening to this interview with Dabby Longlegs.  It’s a conversation about being unconditionally valid.  Art, activism, health, and… Read More »

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fat zine archive

Hello, how are you doing?  Hopefully enjoying life, finding moments of intense pleasure within stress and heartache, like delicious bright blueberries in the muffin of existence.  I hope you’re loving yourself however you are today, a valuable miracle of survival.  I want to tell you about this fat zine archive that some people I admire… Read More »