I think that you should head over to the Verseful Things section of this web adventure to see some samples of previously published poetry.
I am happy to have it online, finally, and I hope you’re happy to read it.
Dive in.
Like these swimming pigs.
Diana Bee Dash Bee Tries Really Hard
Uses of language that make the world more beautiful, more precise, & more equitable (though not necessarily in that order).
We Are Ruining Society by Putting Babies in Our “Creepy” Old Uteruses, Only Having One Bathroom: Priv-lit, Damaging Inanities Strike Again
I just can’t.
So here is an article by Allison Benedikt over at Slate’s XX Factor (“what women really think”). It’s currently being promoted on Slate’s main page with the headline “It’s a Terrible Mistake to Wait Until You’re 35 to Have Children”.
And Here is a Fabulous Virginia Woolf as Cathy Comic.
With thanks to the wonderful and amazing Johnny Schmidt for his graphic stylings.
The Kissing Sailor, or “The Selective Blindness of Rape Culture”
Here is a fantastic analysis on the more troubling aspects of the famous “soldier kissing nurse” photo on V-J Day.
An excerpt:
A few facts have come to light. Far from being a kiss between a loving couple, we learn that George and Greta were perfect strangers. We learn that George was drunk, and that Greta had no idea of his presence, until she was in his arms, with his lips on hers.
The articles even give us Greta’s own words:
“It wasn’t my choice to be kissed. The guy just came over and grabbed!”
“I did not see him approaching, and before I knew it, I was in this vice grip.” Continue reading
I Am Woman, Hear Me Snore: A Cathy Comic Crash-Course for Millennials
I’d Scream Except I Had an Auto-lobotomy.
Did you know there are women’s comic strips? Because there are! But sometimes you can go through much of your life without addressing, or even really recognizing, the huge impact of a cultural phenomenon that at one time was taking place all around you. Thus, during a recent bout of insomnia that drove me to read the entire Internet (and also because RESEARCH) I made a couple of really messed up discoveries about the iconic women’s comic strip Cathy. Continue reading
