Bald to bald Picture this. I am holding my bruised self together with coffee and painkillers, the day has already made me feel defeated, and I see you on Grafton street, I smile and then cry. A bald head like mine in the crowd! Matching looks never spoke so loudly to me… We smile because … Continue reading Say it with poetry
Tag: #queer
Snail’s pace (Part 3) Pride!
Business Woman's Special (@bws_dublin)Queer & sober cabaretPhoto credit: Felix O'Connor (@oximoronic28) Dear Daring Reader, Are you moving at snail's pace? I am. And sometimes it still feels like way too fast. Pride season is over, and I can tell you it brought up a million emotions! I am not sure how you feel about it, … Continue reading Snail’s pace (Part 3) Pride!
Snail’s pace (part 2)
I know I am not the only one in this particular predicament, many are struggling to meet pre-pandemic levels of expectations that are now unrealistic and damaging, even assuming that we have learnt a lot during this pandemic.
Integration
Dear Daring Readers, As we crawl through the beginning of this year (cheerfully...), I have a few thoughts about hard things that happened during this pandemic, that have little to do with it. (Speaking of which, listen to the thoughtful and funny podcast We Can Do Hard Things, it's fire!) I was listening to a … Continue reading Integration
Walk away (poetry time!)
Let me express my anger, and let it connect to yours.
Pandemic unlearning
I am in love with this androgynous body with fluid gender and sexuality



