Hello, reader. How are you? A new zine in town asked me to write a monthly column, and I’m so excited the May column is live as of yesterday. I’m proud of what I wrote. The column is called Disabled Love, and this particular manifestation is Community, Access Intimacy, and Failure. Please enjoy! https://dissonanttimes.org/community-access-intimacy-and-failure/ Thank… Read More »
“Gaze upon me,” I said to Ming. Ming was still in bed, woken up but on their phone. They looked up at me. “Like me,” I said. “I like you,” Ming said. I was making breakfast–Ming had already taken their first drugs of the day. breakfast “Do you want sweet or savory breakfast?” I’d asked.… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you? I’m thinking about how I like to be credited for my work. My zines, blog posts, poems, and art are valuable. Beyond money, the publishing industry, and the art world, what I create matters. So it matters how you share. how I like to be credited for my work Most… Read More »
Hello, reader. You know how stuff is happening all around us constantly? I have some basic, obvious reactions. But the truth is, I have ten reactions, and some of them are quiet. If I have ten reactions, number nine and number ten might be tiny whispers. People say I have “delayed processing,” often the case… Read More »
Hello, reader. How’ve you been? I think about AI in communication and modern war. I thought modern war would devolve to “our robots fight their robots.” Looks like I was incorrect– war is still killing living, breathing, bleeding people. Yikes. the 1990s AI has interested me since I was a teenager in the 1990s, studying… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? A good friend of mine for 30+ years, Jason Burton, is a comedian in Portland, Oregon. He spoke at a Moth performance in February. This video is great storytelling. The topic of the night was Love Hurts. I like how Jason talks about our shared high school years–I knew… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? I have an essay and two poems in the new issue of Communities magazine. I’m happy many people might read my ideas about being disabled in community and how all bodies are valid bodies. There are some cute pictures I provided too. Communities magazine has been around longer than… Read More »
“What are you looking for? Everything you need is in this bed! Unless Bunny fell out,” I said. “Cherche” means search in French. I think of that word often–not sure why. It’s like buscar in Spanish. Those words mean a lot to me. I can get super-affectionate about words. Do you have words like cherche… 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’ve you been? I’ve been thinking about what I write in my journal. Mostly it’s a way I talk to myself. I have a whole lot of patience with me. Friends can get tired of the repetition, but I’m cool with me. kid self When I was a kid, it was paragraphs, like a… Read More »