So. This joke list is going around Facebook at the moment, and it’s called, “37 Slogans for College Majors if They Were Actually Honest.” Definite potential for humor there, and since I […]
Katie Riegel
Poet, writer, editor, teacher, blogger, mentor, meditator.
Why Is It So Hard for Women to Write About Sex?
“But does that mean we experience desire in the same way that men do? My lust tells me we don’t. Mine, I confess, isn’t blind or monumental or animal. It comes with […]
“Sexting, Shame, and Suicide”–a Rolling Stone article
I read this article today because a friend posted a link to it on Facebook, quoting a line that at first didn’t seem especially evocative, given the real trauma of this topic: “You […]
Green Heart
GREEN HEART Why do we try to pretend we want anything but to be adored? A professor I loved confessed he started writing poems to get women, like wearing a tattoo revealing […]
Mindful Romance
Originally posted on The Manifesto:
I read this article, re-posted by a friend. I didn’t listen to the podcasts and such, I admit. It seemed like a sweet, hopeful article, and far…
SHAME: A LIST
Originally posted on The Manifesto:
I feel ashamed when –I feel insecure and ask people to reassure me that I really am loved/loveable –I write my own work (even this) instead of…
