Motherhood as a Poet, Lover, & Unmarried Woman

December 28, 2015

I was 21 years old when I had my son. His father and I were utterly unprepared, not nearly mature enough to have a baby together, and ultimately not a good match. Within 6 months of our son’s birth, we had split.

Everyone Is Gay: A Conversation with Kristin Russo

December 8, 2015

With a name like Everyone is Gay, you can expect that this advice blog is adamant about using wit to turn compulsory heterosexuality on its head. And that’s exactly what it does. With co-founders Kristin Russo and Dannielle Owens-Reid at the helm, EveryoneIsGay.com offers advice on LGBTQIA topics, whether the asker identifies as part of the community or not.

6 Online Lit Mags For Ladies Who Love Creepy Poems

November 18, 2015

When I first started reading literary magazines in college I really had no idea how to go about finding ones that would actually have poetry in them I would enjoy and connect with, let alone that would make me think of my own poetry enough to want to submit. As a lady whose poetry has been compared to French horror films, I more often than not found myself wanting for poetry to read that had the same dark sensibilities as my own. Since my college years I’ve discovered any number of fine feminist lit mags that fit this bill fabulously.

The Mystique & Taboo of the Nude Body in Art

November 4, 2015

There was a noticeable size difference from what I assume a proportionately sized penis would be on an eighteen-foot tall man. But for David’s purposes, bigger was better.