Right to Bleed

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Realizing Racism“Do you know your daughter’s fucking a nigger?”
“We’re going to rape you ’cause you’ve been giving to the nigger what belongs to us.”
When I think about race from my childhood, these are the two phrases that repeat loudly in my head. I was white, [...]

“Question Authority” makes a great bumper sticker, but how do you do it? What’s the nitty-gritty of questioning authority? Is it limited to cussing at your parents and cheating on your taxes? There are an infinite number of ways to question authority. Here are my top five:

Question Monogamy - Monogamy is definitely the authority when [...]

Reading about different cultures is often interesting to me, and while the Amish are right here in the United States, they definitely qualify as a different culture. When I have escapist fantasies (tropical-island, alone-in-the-mountains) sometimes I imagine myself running away to be an Amish person (assuming that would even be possible). The truth is that [...]

Yesterday we had some people over, and Fry Day ensued! We deep fried a little bit of everything - potato chips, egg rolls, apple crisps, hush puppies, and Monte Cristo sandwiches. It was yummy and greasy. All homemade, too. One of my housemates was rolling up eggrolls and apple crisps while another mixed and mushed [...]

Most of my moving is done. There’s still a lot to be organized and placed here and there, but the bulk of the work it done. It doesn’t quite feel like “my” house, but it’s getting there. It’s definitely awesome to be living with people again in a space that works for us. There are [...]