07 March 2009

In Four Months I'll Slip Into My New Gender Identity

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So now we're down to four months... Who's "we?," you ask. I guess I am speaking for both the person who is moving me onwar...
06 March 2009

Every Girl Should Be So Lucky

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I knew the economy was bad. But I wasn't expecting to see anything like this: A favorite Thai restaurant was empty at lunchtime on Frida...
05 March 2009

No Escape and No Luxury

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Getting closer and closer... Didn't accomplish much today. Got up late, but I probably needed the sleep, as I'd been up late the las...
04 March 2009

My Course, A Real Education As Justine

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One of my students in the Poetics and Rhetoric of Hip-Hop class I'm teaching is writing a feature for the college newspaper. It happens ...
02 March 2009

Snowstorm

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School's out....for today. It snowed last night, let up this morning and snowed some more this afternoon. In all, eight or ten inches, d...
01 March 2009

A Matter of Time

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"Can you believe it? We're into March already." "I know." "Only four more months..." That was Mom remindin...
28 February 2009

Size Matters

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OK, now I'm going to tell you something counterintuitive. (Oh, that word is so pretentious. But I used it again!) It might not matter mu...
27 February 2009

Le Cafe Perdu

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Today Bruce and I went to lunch at the Red Egg, a Chinese restaurant on a part of Centre Street that sits in a nether-world between Chinatow...
26 February 2009

Going to School: It's a Girl Thing, Ya Know

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It's really strange to have the day off on a Thursday. For as long as I can remember--yes, even back in elementary school--it was my lon...
25 February 2009

You Should See Yourself Giddy With Shakespeare and Ice-T

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I haven't studied biology in more than thirty years. I'll be the first to admit that I don't remember much, and what little I do...
24 February 2009

My Worst Fears Are Coming True And I'm Ecstatic. What Do I Do Now?

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Maybe I'm not joking after all when I tell people about my "special tranny powers." You know...I can put together an outfit. I...
22 February 2009

Taking History Personally

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Tonight I watched 60 Minutes. There was a time in my life when that was the only TV program I watched, and I never missed an episode. It is ...
21 February 2009

How Do You Wait?

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Got up late. Then again, I stayed up late, after reading and writing. I suppose that's a good rationale for being a night owl. After all...
20 February 2009

The Cafe Orlin

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After having lunch with Bruce, I met Dominick on Broadway, just above Houston. Together, we roamed through the Lower East Side and East Vill...
19 February 2009

From Drizzle to Wind: Out of the Closet

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Last night's drizzle turned to rain, and back to drizzle again. This morning, the weather was mild: more like what one might expect a mo...
18 February 2009

Wanted

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On the campus where I teach, there's a promenade that seperates a Colonial-era cemetery from the grounds of St. Monica's Church, whi...
16 February 2009

Days, Events and Tasks

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Max is nosey. Or maybe he's afraid. As I was about to start writing this, he stood in front of my keyboard. I had to shoo him away, ...
14 February 2009

Not Catching Up

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So, what am I doing on a Saturday night that happens to be Valentine's Day? Am I slinking through the town in my slinky red dress, holdi...