20 September 2009

The Power of Privilege

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Today was another one of those gorgeous days that I wouldn't mind, oh, about 300 times a year. It was on the high end of mild, almost w...
19 September 2009

The Cold--Already?

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I couldn't believe how cold it was last night. I woke up to shut one window, then another. Finally, my place was hermetically sealed. ...
18 September 2009

A New Writing Process?

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I've been writing a poem. I know it's dangerous to talk about a work in progress; sometimes you can talk it away. But I feel that ...
17 September 2009

I Can Be Healed; I Wish I Could Heal Them

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Today I saw Dr. Jennifer again. Every woman should have a gynecologist like her. And I really hope that some day she teaches somewhere: She ...
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16 September 2009

What's With Kanye?

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Dorothy Parker once said something to the effect that the problem with democracy is that in it, a practical joke can be elected. I wonde...
15 September 2009

Twenty-Five Years Ago in Soho

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Today I had lunch with Bruce. He works in Soho and we went to a very Soho-like restaurant that featured high ceilings with lots of wood and...
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14 September 2009

La Beaute Quotidienne et L'Esperance: Edwidge Danticat

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Today I had a very long day, which included some exasperation but ended with joy. It was like being a kid who was forced to eat some food h...
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13 September 2009

I Thought I Was The Only Transgendered Libertarian!

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Ed McGon asked me to post an essay Lew Rockwell rejected because he thought it might be "too advanced" for some readers. The onl...
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12 September 2009

What Are They Seeing?

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More rain today. Still, I took two long walks. The first took me to Roosevelt Island, where there's a post office that's open unt...
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11 September 2009

Post-Op Hair Growth

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Last night, I got home late. And I went to bed late. This meant, of course, that I woke up late. On top of that, stiff winds drove hard rain...
09 September 2009

A Language of Necessity

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Today, in a research writing class I teach, the students were discussing James Baldwin's essay If Black English Isn't A Language, T...
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07 September 2009

Two Months: This Moment

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Two months--already! That's how long it's been since my surgery. I wonder whether time goes faster for women after they give birth....
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06 September 2009

Justifying the Ways of Trannies to...

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If I remember correctly, in the introduction to Book I, John Milton says that his purpose in writing Paradise Lost was to "justify the ...
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05 September 2009

Mrs. Dalloway? Clarissa Vaughn? Myself In An Inverse Mirror?

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Have you ever seen yourself in an inverse mirror? Or a photograph negative of yourself? Or, simply, what you would be in an alternative, i...
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03 September 2009

Finding Mentors and Being One

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This afternoon, before I went to work, I had my third appointment with Dr. Jennifer. It has been not quite two months since my surgery, and...
02 September 2009

Another New Beginning

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So I've taught three days in my new life. Each one has ended the same way: I've been exhausted! At least my fatigue has nothing to...
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