By Alissa Morgan I don’t remember the first time I encountered the word bisexual. Certainly, it was not some kind of revolutionary moment for me. It can’t have been, because I would surely recall something like that. Admittedly, this is probably because we rarely hear the word, even now. As a child of the nineties…
Core Truths, brought to you by Denial
By Bri Kerschner “Are you sure you’re not in love with her?” My therapist sat across from me, a woman with whom I had been sharing my deepest secrets and emotions to for over eight years. “What? Why would you say that?! I came here because I don’t know how to deal with her. She…
First explorations // Puppy love revisited // Still cannot conform
By Martine Mussies (Cyborg Mermaid) You may forget but Let me tell you This: someone in Some future time Will think of us – Sappho, “The Art of Loving Women” “Martineeeeee, who do you want to date?!” the children in the school yard yelled. Scattered, I looked up from my book about female pharaohs and…
REVIEW: The Subversive Sex and Sensuality of Killing Eve
By Shayna Macy Warner (*spoilers ahead for Killing Eve*) “I’ve never done this before.”“It’s OK—I know what I’m doing.” Out of context, what filmic remembrances might this dialogue conjure? Probably not a woman with her knife to the stomach of the woman laying next to her. But maybe that’s just me, and my unimaginative visual…
The Firsts
By J.M. Arrow Damn your pretty eyesDamn your high cheekbonesDamn your cute earsDamn your beautiful full mouthDamn that you’re a guy As I occasionally passed by him in the street, I pretended to ignore him, even though we were classmates. He would never be into me, a tomboy whom girls kept away from, let alone…
The Creating Change Conference: Detroit Michigan, January 23-27, 2019
CC 2019: Redefining Activism By Gabrielle Blonder The first workshop I attended at Creating Change 2019 nearly brought me to tears. It was entitled “activism for introverts,” focusing on how to use our quiet, often-overlooked strengths to affect change, and recognize the differences we make in our everyday lives even when not at the forefront…
Firsts
By Ana B. Freeman First pet (A fish named Cat. Died after two days.) First kiss (Dave from my Jewish youth group. Slobbery.) First love (Drunken doe eyes behind Rachel Maddow glasses. Hand sanitizer, wild laughter.) First job (Rigging curtains like sailors. Backs aching from hammering. Darkness. Backdrops.) First drink (Vodka out of a plastic…
Abstract 25
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
REVIEW: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (and some commonplace ones, like bisexuality)
Review by Casey Lawrence Of all the surprises in Hank Green’s highly anticipated debut novel, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, the protagonist’s bisexuality was one I would never have predicted. The New Adult sci-fi novel seamlessly incorporates protagonist April May’s queerness into an alternate universe where an HRC-like character is POTUS and an alien race has sent dozens of…
Menon’s Coming Out Story (Delhi, India)
By Menon I am not a person who finds it easy to express myself. I was since my earliest days a distant kid. I didn’t like to be held or hugged and I definitely did not voice my thoughts. To make matters worse, I realized I was different. So, instead of questioning myself or trying…