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flo hoops has a brand spankin' new webpage

December 11, 2008

hello darlings,  if any of you have been wondering what ELSE i do with my life, you know, other than awkwardly moving through my life bumping my head and elbows on every close object and writing about it here at medicinal marzipan, then please head on over to www.flohoops.com, the brand new webpage for the [...]

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horoscopes and halloween costumes

October 31, 2008

I love Halloween, but I hate dressing up. I don’t know if it’s a mark of my lingering insecurities from my childhood, but every time I think about dressing up I find myself getting anxious and afraid.  However, my Rob Brezsny horoscope this week stated this: PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): If you knew how perfect a [...]

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because today i love my body

October 15, 2008

And not because I promised to. Or because it’s October 15th.  Or because I want to be a good feminist. Or because I want you to, though I do.   Today I love my body because it walks me down the street. It lifts the cup of coffee to my lips in the morning and [...]

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hoop dream deja vu

October 13, 2008

Since the spring I’ve been having this recurring hoop dream. In the dream I’m performing on a stage alone, wearing pink fishnets, to standing in the way of control by the Gossip. I look up into the audience, and its as if everything in my life has stalled for that moment and I can barely [...]

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