I picked up this book over the weekend written by a friend of a friend (oddly, it seems like all tranny bois are somehow a friend of a friend) and one of the essays got me thinking about the role of names as it relates to gender and identity.
I’ve always wanted a nickname though I’m [...]

Sassyfemme added a little doohickey on her blog from LibraryThing so I thought to myself, if Sassy is doing it, then we all should be doing it too. Right? Right. I had seen this virtual bookshelf thing before but the thought of having to enter all my books manually made me break out [...]

A short while back I went on a brief reading binge of books set in M0ntreal. I think it’s really neat to see places that you know referenced in novels. Duddy Kravitz even moves onto my little itty bitty street, which I find terribly exciting. During this binge, I found a reference [...]

Last year, I was not right in the head and did a week-long homage to the written word. I thought I would do something similar this year, especially with the holidays around the corner and what better time to gift some books or curl up in a corner with a good read to escape [...]

Writings of light assault the darkness, more prodigious than meteors.
The tall unknowable city takes over the countryside.
Sure of my life and my death, I observe the ambitious and would like to understand them.
Their day is greedy as a lariat in the air.
Their night is a rest from the rage within steel, quick to attack.
They speak [...]

Oh my droopy one
You loll with such great aplomb
Teach me how, master

My plush, pampered pet
You live to eat, sleep, and play
Man, ain’t that the life

Watching you, I think:
If only I were a cat
Come rub my belly

Yesterday, I started watching Freaks and Geeks (and if you haven’t seen it, it’s fantastic, and so is the soundtrack). The premise of the show is about ‘freaks’ and ‘geeks’ (and ‘jocks’ and bullies’ I suppose) in high school in 1980. It’s absolutely cringe-worthy and I guarantee it will either cause you to [...]