Happy Birthday to my mother who birthed me cesarean. Growing up, my mom wanted to become a nun. Then, when she emigrated to the States, she loved the Amish. She thought the women radiated natural beauty, sans foundation and blush. Thus led to my thinking that Witness was one of the greatest thrillers of the […]
Author: Lisa
Love’s Way of Coping
Anytime I post about Adonis, I am revisited by two fears. One: By exuberantly exploding over how f*cking amazing he is, I am basically smearing my lovefest into the faces of people who may turn away in disgust and/or loneliness. I don’t want to contribute to that. or Two: By blatantly baring my love for […]
Gender/ace
You know what’s kind of nuts about blogging? It’s like you’re a celebrity of some sort. People read you, want to know you, think your thoughts are outrageous or kind or ridiculous. Bloggers provide a snippet of their lives, think of the best way of how to tell it, and then broadcast it from Yugoslavia […]
To Do List
1. Monday: Tell Mom that I don’t agree with her – at all. 2. Tuesday: Be as supportive as possible to R.J. despite her annoying misuse of the English language. 3. Wednesday: Buy more cheap toilet paper. 4. Thursday: Think of a non-political, non-gender objectifying Halloween costume. 5. Friday: Try not to blow up a […]
Octoberwareness
Pink. Purple. Blue. Red.Because living in the grey is what I actively and repeatedly choose, GREY is the color of the month and will be the color font for all October posts. Some say it’s Breast Cancer Awarness Month. Others say it’s Domestic Violence Awareness month. Some remember that October 18 is Love Your Body […]
I’m Not Well-Behaved
Well-behaved women rarely make history. – Laurel Thatcher Ulrich I love that. A bumper sticker with these words is tacked on to my bulletin board at work. It keeps me going when complicated questions are asked and when the seeker isn’t willing to talk about living in the grey. If there’s one thing I wish […]
Pending Motherhood
A reoccuring thought enters my mind at least twice a week: What kind of mother will I be? I would like a biological child, yes, but I am very open to adopting or being a foster care mother. The abandoned children of this world, unfortunately, cannot afford to wait much longer to be loved. When […]
You Down with the Brown?
Let this post serve as my occasional need to emotionally vomit, a syndrome of living in the modern world…Being a woman is messy. Let me rephrase, being an caring, passionate observer is messy. There is nothing clean and linear about life, Period. What I have found in dinner parties, blogging, social justice work, marriage – […]
A Letter to My Broken Friend
Dear Bennie,Read this slowly.There is no shame in mistakes, no shame in the past.There is only a path to liberation – to shoutyour learned truth from the rooftopsfor all the nations to hear.Every tongue will understand you, every wind will carry your words.No tree will shade you from the terror of criticism,but you shall not […]
Wellness is Over
So I just planned, conducted, executed an entire week of programming called Women’s Wellness Week. I feel a lightness in my step, a relaxation of arms, jaw, and vagina. I feel wonderful. The week ended with a workshop on the psychology of women and eating, a deeper look (for undergraduate women anyway) at body image […]