How I Love Jeanette Winterson…

I just wanted to share a short Jeanette Winterson story I found online, originally published by The Independent, called The Final Sacrifice. I am forever in awe of Winterson’s writing and she evokes feeling from me in a way no other writer has. I’ll share two of my favorite excerpts here…
“Today though, Achilles has to make time. [...]

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Practicing Present Mindedness in Relationships

I’ve been thinking a lot these last few weeks about how important it is to remain present minded in relationships- all types of relationships and experiences really, but I’m thinking about romantic relationships specifically. I know I’ve had the problem of feeling that everything was going great and not focusing on that, but rather how [...]

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Feeling “Other”

As a queer girl living in NYC, I’m a bit out of place in certain situations, but I usually feel relatively at home. When I’m alone, like it or not (and that’s a not for me), I pass as straight and so I’m viewed as “the norm”. But when I’m with a butch lover or friend, I’m suddenly aware of [...]

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Slydial…Really?

As I’ve been checking my hotmail account the last few days, I’ve been confronted with this headline: “Dump your lover directly on voice mail”, which, when clicked on directs you to the full story on the MSNBC site. Apparently there’s a new phone service aptly titled Slydial that allows people to go directly into someone’s voice mail [...]

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The Economics of Love

Not sure if anyone saw Ben Stein’s piece in the New York Times on July 13th, Lessons in Love, By Way of Economics. It occupied a prominent spot on the most e-mailed NYT article list for a good portion of the week. I’m not quite sure what to make of it. Undoubtedly there are parallels between [...]

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On Seeing the Dalai Lama

Last Thursday I had the privilege of seeing His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama speak at Radio City Music Hall on The Four Noble Truths. I’ve been to Radio City for events before, but this was quite different. The line to get in was blocks long because of security, there were protesters from the Western Shugden Society [...]

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A Review: David R. Loy’s Money, Sex, War, Karma

I have to admit, at the beginning of this book, David Loy covers some basic Buddhist principles, which are always a good review, but I found myself thinking, another dharma book…got it. But then he got more into current events- the ecological crisis, war, and consumerism and I was back on board. Loy moves through [...]

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The Mind/Body Connection

I understand and strongly believe in the connection between mind and body, but it was especially apparent yesterday during my physical therapy session. The pain that caused me to begin PT has largely subsided, but there’s still residual damage that only becomes apparent when it’s touched. While my therapist was massaging my neck and shoulders, she asked [...]

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By Way of Introduction…Specifically, The Femme Question

My identity has come under some scrutiny recently (not a bad thing), specifically around whether or not I claim “femme” as an identity.
What does it mean to claim femme as an identity? Sure, I’m a queer who presents as “feminine”. I like to wear dresses, skirts, fishnets and heels…not everyday of course. But femme is [...]

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