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Why I Want to Get Croned

By Lisa Lanser Rose on February 6, 2014 • ( 12 Comments )

by Lisa Lanser Rose It’s strange, isn’t it, to suddenly discover you’re getting old? I turned fifty last September, and yes, I can hear some of you groaning, “Oh, fifty’s not old!” […]

Why Young Sexual Assault Victims Tell Incoherent Stories

By Suzannah Gail Collins on February 5, 2014 • ( 1 Comment )

Reblogged from The Atlantic Monthly: As soon as children make allegations, they’re forced to take a crash course on a very daunting topic. This puts them at a huge disadvantage—and their attackers […]

Mind-Body Problem

By Lisa Lanser Rose on February 5, 2014 • ( 1 Comment )

by Katha Pollitt When I think of my youth I feel sorry not for myself but for my body. It was so direct and simple, so rational in its desires, wanting to be […]

SHAME: A LIST

By Katie Riegel on February 4, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

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…

U-Haul Lesbian Apocalypse

By Lisa Lanser Rose on February 4, 2014 • ( 1 Comment )

by Tiffany Razzano “Like many, my girlfriend keeps her grocery list fastened to her refrigerator door with a magnet. She updates it regularly, as she runs out of items — almond milk, orange […]

What Would You Say if I Told You? Talking About Sexual Abuse

By Suzannah Gail Collins on February 3, 2014 • ( 3 Comments )

Victims deserve to be believed. It’s hard to be the victim who speaks out. The victim is often blamed for stirring things up. The victim is often accused of being too picky or imagining things in her head or making too much of something. As we know, that perpetuates abuse. It gives abusers a free pass to do whatever they want. And that has got to stop.

Okay? Okay! Chinese New Year & Second Chances

By susanlilleypoet on January 30, 2014 • ( 6 Comments )

By Julia Connolly Hooray! It’s the New Year! The Chinese New Year, that is. While I’m not Chinese and I don’t make resolutions, this is the day I choose to make my […]

Ever-Daring, Ever-Playful Erica

By Lisa Lanser Rose on January 28, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

An Astute and rave Review of Erica Dawson’s two books of poetry in Oxford American In “The Evolution of Erica Dawson,” Russell Willoughby writes, “Erica Dawson writes in assertive, sometimes defiant, declaratives. […]

One Pill Makes You Smaller: Strong Wills, Women, & Drugs

By Suzannah Gail Collins on January 26, 2014 • ( 15 Comments )

by Suzannah Gilman You watch the news.  You know the abuse of prescription painkillers is an epidemic.   Opioids, which bring a high (painkillers like Vicodin, Oxycontin, Percocet, methadone, codeine, and fentanyl—which comes […]

Episode 82: Susan Lilley!

By Lisa Lanser Rose on January 25, 2014 • ( 1 Comment )

Originally posted on The Drunken Odyssey:
Episode 82 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s show, I…

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