Chat From the Past
From deep, deep in my Gchat archives: me: remember how i almost lived in that socialist puppetry theater collective?!?! Ruth: yes! me: and then i totally just ditched them?? Ruth: DID IT BURN...
View ArticleFemChat 5.0
Isa: please help me to be less of a jackass to the dude i am trying to bang. PLEASE. Kelly: Do you have a photo of the young man in question? And/or a brief description of his interests? (Isa sends a...
View ArticleJingleChat No. 5
Jingles: my titties hurt me: hahahahahahaha did you get a purple nurple last night? Jingles: nah too many pushups yesterday me: oh i see you got the MANLY titty-hurt Jingles: yes the manliest...
View ArticleJingleChat No. 6
(In which Isa goes on a date.) Me: i am going to try not to do my usual stupid, boy-repelling things Jingles: nice bringing out the big guns Me: yes trying not to punch somebody or get drunk or...
View ArticleWhen People Are The Worst
I really loved Ta-Nehisi Coates’s recent reflection on the “working definition of an asshole.” I think he summarizes things nicely in describing such a specimen as “a person who demands that all...
View ArticleDear Racists: You Are Not As Smart As You Think You Are
I wrote a short essay about race and ethnicity in the George Zimmerman trial. It was published on Salon. If you have not read it yet, I encourage you to do so, both because the rest of this post will...
View ArticleHateMailBag
So it turns out the best part about writing about race on the Internet is the slow trickle of racist email never goes away! While I am happy to ignore the comments and the tweets, I feel obligated to...
View ArticleJingleChat No. 7
Me: would you judge me if i started eating roadkill? Jingles: dude what why would do that… Me: it’s just an idea Jingles: ??? Me: get some good fresh meat for free Jingles: that’s not a...
View ArticleAnthem
There is a reason I have been quiet lately. In phrases and allusions I have hinted at other explanations — work and travel and the busy-ness of a day job and pursuit of a creative dream and the demands...
View ArticleWhat Hath Stanford Wrought
My mother is in town this week, and much of the talk at dinners has revolved around Google buses, condo developments, and the changing face of San Francisco. A Stanford communications professor offers...
View ArticleCome Healing
I wrote this two weeks ago. I sat on it for a bit but have decided to go ahead and put it into the world now. behold the gates of mercy/an arbitrary space and none of us deserving of the cruelty or...
View ArticleAmeriChat
In which four AmeriCorps alumni attempt to make plans. Nic: Hello beautiful people, I know that there was a preliminary push for an Ameri-Hangout on Friday, but I was hoping to get the ball rolling...
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