Today is International Women’s Day. To celebrate we should all point out sexism when we see it and not be hushed when people tell us we’re always pointing out things that are sexist. Do not be hushed. Never be hushed.
I’ve been listening to The Feminine Mystique in the bathtub the past few weeks. While it [...]
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Mar 10
Do not be hushed
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Feb 10
Vodo & The Big Ticket
Okay, here’s a confession. Even though I was surrounded by a dozen or so intelligent readers and writers at Hypster Mom’s Lit Salon, the only thing I wanted to talk about was Vodo & The Big Ticket. And now as I’m typing this I have no idea why I didn’t take a picture. I wrote [...]
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Aug 09
On time warps and having mono
First of all, I have decided I have mono. I’ve come to this conclusion based on two symptoms. I’ve been really tired lately, and for the past two days the lymph nodes under my chin hurt when I press on them. Also, I’ve had a mild headache today. Clearly, I have mono. If it doesn’t [...]
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Feb 09
Defending my turf
It’s hard to walk into Supergenius HQ and not talk about books. Instead of art, I have books. Instead of a TV bigger than a postage stamp, I have books. Instead of a clean, clutter free space, I have some more books.
There are a lot of books and generally when people come over for [...]
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Feb 08
The skanky bowl
Even though I know how it all ends, I still think of that night as one of those defining moments in my life. It was the first real romantic night I’d ever experienced. Of all the things that fly through my mind when I hear the opening jangly bits of “I Will Dare,” that night [...]
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Jan 08
It’s getting a little emotional in here
“I look at you right now and I just want to cry because you’re so nice,” Mary Katherine Gallagher said, crying. “I’m just going to miss working with you guys so much.”
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Jan 08
Sweet Clementine
Did you know that yesterday was Blue Monday? Allegedly it’s the most depressing day of the year. Nice. I am glad to have participated in the worldwide pity party.
Blue Monday was the talk of the office today, well until Heath Ledger was found dead. But this Blue Monday phenomenon was news to me until [...]
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Dec 07
My Christmas 07 wish for you, darling ones
I still wish for all of you at least one person in your life who will change out of their pajamas so you don’t have to go see a cute boy’s band play alone.
This year I wish for you the obvious an education, family, friends, and a life that is full of the unexpected. [...]
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Dec 07
A failure at wallowing
I’ve been doing my best this weekend to wallow in a sea of self pity. Because impending unemployment and Christmas didn’t suck enough, PMS has decided to come for a visit. This makes for a perfect wallowing situation, right? Wrong.
Wallowing takes a certain sort of focus. To properly wallow one must spend great amounts of [...]
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Dec 07
Protected: Supergenius vs. The Forbidden Crush
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Nov 07
A bundle of joy
In my weepy, whiny state of agitation yesterday I forgot to mention that there was goodness.
At 2:41 a.m. on November 17th my much-adored and most-beloved coworker Al, the cutest girl on earth&trade became the cutest mom on earth&trade. Baby Gus is here! It will be hard to stop calling him Quixote since that was the [...]
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Nov 07
Answering the Googlers’ Questions II
As a public service, we here at Supergenius Headquarters like to spend some time answering the googlers questions, the very questions that bring them here to iwilldare.com
why is it that boys can just hurt girls with no problem?
It probably has something to do with the penis. I am not sure.
do short men feel strange [...]
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Sep 07
You don’t know tall: The perils of being a 6′5″ single woman
So Buzzfeed’s got a piece up on tall women dating short men. I’ve wasted most of the morning reading the posts and accompanying comments. A few of may favorites? Not wanting to date shorter men is sexist, Jezebel comments where all these 5′10″ women are talking about how hard it is to find [...]
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May 06
I do not dare journey there, when I do I have found no means of escape
Ray and I were in Ruby heading back to Sister #2’s house, when he reached over and grabbed Kathleen Turner Overdrive from the cupholder between our seats.
“Here’s a song I just need to hear,” he said.
“What?” I asked.
“You’ll see.” His non-iPod-owning fingers fumbled around the dials. “Okay, okay. Here it is.”
I held my breath, eager [...]
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Apr 06
you can’t put your arm around a memory
because the universe likes to conspire against (or for) me in odd and confusing ways that i cannot decipher, i got an e-mail from my friend Ray on Thursday night, the night my class workshopped my 1994 story.
ray is one of my BFFs circa 1994. we seem to bounce in and out of each other’s [...]
