by Julie Ebin Many books on sexuality and desire seem to zoom in on the physicalhow-to or on specific worlds – sex tips, aspects of kink, tantra, and reproductive health, to name some specifics. Few, if any, focus on how women specifically make meaning of sexuality and desire, and how they are intertwined with our…
From your editor
I am so swamped between work, school, andparenting that I never got around to writingsomething. I really did want to – but life getsaway from me sometimes. ——Nora I received several emails similar to this fromwomen who had intended to write something.Several others, when asked to write, responded,“Great topic, but I’m just too busy. I…
Trees
Photograph by Jo-Anne Carlson Jo-Anne Carlson is a writer, artist, and musician who believes that who you love, how you love, and how many you love, shouldn’t matter. Hearing from friends is a joyous occasion, so please drop her a line at josexpressions@yahoo.com.
Deadly Women, Dangerous Romance
By MB Austin The Storm Fronts series explores the perilous lives, heartpounding adventures, and complicated love story of twowomen in a future world complete with space travel, Talents(empaths, precognition, telekinesis, etc.), and mercenariesseeking to create super-soldiers. Vick Corren provides a livingtest case, becoming VC1 after an accident requires variousparts of her body, including sixty-three percent…
To connect while keeping distance
By MagdaFromHell I won’t lie. These are hard times. For all of us, and especially for a community that needs to stick together to fight for a better today and aneven better tomorrow. When this year started, I had a lot of plans. Now it’s May, and I have barely left my apartment since March…
Letters on paper / I shall write you every day / Beloveds of mine
By Martine Mussies Dear readers of BWQ, When was the last time you hand-wrote a letter? It may be decadesago when you jotted a letter to your penpal, or back in universitywhen you wrote a letter to your parents, but do you rememberhow it felt? I do, because I regularly engage in the quaint, almostvintage,…
Skirt Club
By Topanga Turk During these times of solitude and isolation, it’s been difficult tostay true to my bisexual self. Without the connections of living ina majorly queer city like San Francisco, going to events and havingthe whole dating world at my fingertips with apps, it’s been hardto remember and sit in my queer identity, while…
Virtual Shoulders to Lean On
By Kristen G. Just like Ryan Seacrest said on the radio this morning, never haveI spent so much time at home. Homebody is definitely not aword I can use to describe myself. Since I got my first apartment20 years ago during college, hand-me-down furniture has beena cheap way to fill space within the walls as…
I Am a Woman
By Iliana Grace He says,“You seem very nice,But you don’t have that spice,That extra little jiveThat makes others feel more alive” He says,“Stop trying to be funny,Please keep your voice down, honey,You have a nice face,Just take up less space” He says,“Your chest is too flat,You eat too much fat,Why are you always crying?With all…
Choosing Connection
By Dani Feyn Understanding my bisexuality has meant living in the spacesin which I’m most uncomfortable: the grey areas. All my life,I’ve felt different: for most of my life, I tried to overcome anydifference by fitting into what I believed would be an acceptablecategory. Each time I attempted to connect with someone, itwas through the…