Review of “Letters from Robots” for Specter Magazine
I had a dream the other night about someone important to me. In my dream, we met in the street, running into each other at an intersection, waiting to cross the street (the last time I actually saw her we parted ways at an intersection where I watched her aquamarine skirt swirl around her pale [...]
Review of “Shut Up / Look Pretty” for Specter Magazine
I recognize this, and maybe you do, too; the delicate performance of the modern incarnation of an old archetype. These full-skirted girls with long, wild hair and sweet siren songs, begging to be rescued one moment, pushing you away the next, are Ophelias in disguise. Watch them, and don’t blink. They’ll eventually snap. Or as Becker [...]
Response: “Not so simple desire of mine” for Specter Magazine
In response to Lauren Cerand’s On Elegance published on The Rumpus: In an ideal world, everyone would have the same access to the same commodities. But that’s simply not the case. It’s a matter of accessibility. Lack of money limits a person’s ability to make purchases, of course, but so does geography (which besides being [...]
Review of “Working Class Girl Represent” and “Hot Teen Slut” for Specter Magazine
Because sometimes, frankly, it’s hard. Sometimes you’re not at work, and you just want to very, very quiet, and sometimes you are at work, and want to pour words on a page, but there are things you need to do because someone is paying you to do them, and this makes you quiet later. Here’s [...]
Side B Magazine: The Anthology Issue 01
With interviews with EM Lewis and Tara Priya, a special essay by Cheryl Cardiff, cover art photography by Eleanor Bennett, and the best of our prose, poetry, art, and reviews so far, Anthology NO°01 is a must-have for all Side Bees.
Reflections on lit mag work+riot grrrl+Ani Difranco
Riot Grrrl is not a product for the media to sell. I am opposed to mainstream media coverage, although some riot grrls may argue with me. The media has made us into a fad so that we can easily be put in the back of people’s closets with the macrame and parachute pants when we [...]