American Knees
I love this book for the sex. It’s different because it’s familiar. Familiar not because my partner tells me stories while we fuck (he doesn’t), like Raymond does for Aurora in this novel, but because...
View ArticlePlan B: Seduce a Warlord
I used to tell myself that art was a good substitute for love. That if I didn’t find someone, I’d just drum harder and write with blood in my pen. But on the days I felt particularly hysterical and...
View ArticleA Statement of Trans-Inclusive Feminism and Womanism (reblog)
Read; spread awareness. There has been a noticeable increase in transphobic feminist activity this summer: the forthcoming book by Sheila Jeffreys from Routledge; the hostile and threatening anonymous...
View ArticleFandom’s OTP: fanfic/folklore
Is fanfic the new folklore? That’s the thought that’s been pacing in my skull for seven days (and counting). Ultimately, my answer is probably no. But I can’t stop thinking about fic in relation to...
View ArticleSex and Cinderseed
Virginity ended when I was twenty. Before that night of carpet and green-glass light, there were other nights: nights when sex was something that existed in books, on computer screens, and threaded...
View Articledire me/2
–now insomnium, now null, now the gravid fishweight lashes lash and lashed. Briefly: I’m stalling sleep. . I remember a walk, a summer night two years ago, counting months on my fingers, naming...
View ArticleSex, Elves, and Rock ‘n’ Roll (Skyglass Ch1 is alive!)
Read chapter 1 of my novel Skyglass right this very sweet moment. Really. There are elf-powered plant cities, and fire-cats, and gun chases, and disgruntled drummers. Have a (sexy) prologue! It’s not...
View Articleclocks cut
Sometimes you find that something you love with all your dirt-gritty and blood-gravid heart isn’t universally loved. Fourteen. I was fourteen when I found my music. Mine and mine and just mine (so...
View ArticleThe Night I Slept with Devin (Skyglass extra)
The first night Devin spent at my house, he crawled up from his blankets on the floor and joined me in bed. We’d spent the day making music out in the forest, so he smelled like tree sap and cheese...
View ArticleAwkward Sex Scene (Skyglass extra)
Tell me something distracting, Phoenix said. Against my better judgment, I did: My first kiss was drunken, and numb from the smokeless–the cold winter cigarette the girl and I were sharing. We kissed...
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