queer

True Life: I Grew Up In a Queer Household

June 18, 2010

I was seven when my parent separated. They moved into separate parts of the house, then across the street from one another, and then ultimately, got divorced. Then they moved on, and began dating other people. My father had a series of girlfriends, some of whom lived with us and some that had other children. [...]

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how to have “fat”/phat sex

February 10, 2010

I’m not a big fan of using quotation marks excessively, but as I’ve been thinking about this post all day, several thought have occured to me. I meant this to be a post geared towards women who fall outside of the increasingly small sociocultural window of acceptable body weight. I was thinking of girls who [...]

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self prescribing celibacy

February 3, 2010

When I was fourteen I became sexually active. Then, my desire for sexual intimacy spawned out of my perpetual need for personal validation. I was fat. I was scared. And the role models that I most aspired to be were those who were charismatic and provacative, with anyone and everyone falling at their feet. I [...]

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marzipan LOVES: maker’s mark

January 8, 2010

Now. I love maker’s mark. I mean, I’m not a big drinker. But, if I’m feeling particularly wild, I like few things more than a shot or two of maker’s mark. Because – drinking all that soda is bad for you right? Right.  So, no need for a chaser. Also, it makes me feel tough, [...]

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NY senate, not so sexy either

December 2, 2009

I mean, really, EVERY TIME I think that my heart has broken for the VERY LAST TIME, someone new tells me gay people shouldn’t get married. And to think, last night I went to bed smiling, thinking I was just in New York and they tooooootally love gay people. Turns out today is not the [...]

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