This past weekend, I visited Philadelphia. It’s been about five months since I moved to Brooklyn. I’m happy here, but it’s still new. Philly’s comfortable. I know it. I know where I’m going without thinking. I know its people, its places. I grew up in a small town and Philly has that type of feel. [...]
Archive for April, 2008
On Jokes, History and Family Trees
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Family, Family Trees, Racism, Racist Jokes, Sensitivity on April 16, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how people describe others’ history. History books differ from documentaries differ from diaries. I started thinking about this as I attempted (and failed) to write a piece about part of my family tree for a project based around photographs of Philadelphia throughout its history [eh hem: if you [...]
WAM! Wrap Up: Part 2 of 2
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Action, Breathing, GRRR, WAM! on April 13, 2008 | 13 Comments »
Post-leaving Helen Thomas, post-wandering Cambridge in search of food (after 9PM, there is none), post-having security come to our hotel room ’cause there were nine of us in there and the neighbors said we were loud, post-finally ordering pizza, post-breaking into groups as Nadia, Sudy, Lex and Sydette planned their session and the rest of [...]
My About Section Is Gone
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Introduction, Site Updates on April 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
’cause it got renamed with some background on the types of thoughts and topics that will eventually be living here.
WAM! Wrap Up: Part 1 of 2
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Action, Breathing, GRRR, Helen Thomas, WAM! on April 11, 2008 | 13 Comments »
[Note: This is not my first response to WAM! My first response, the one filled with care and hope and love for the amazing women I met in Boston was published here, on my wifey's blog. The post below, not so much full of love.]
from the moment i heard about wam, i knew it would [...]
A Quick Intro…
Posted in Uncategorized on April 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Or not. At a later point, I will string together some sort of introduction for this new space, who I am, why I’m here. In the meantime, I’m putting this first super-short post up, before I publish my second response to my recent experiences at WAM!.
(yeah. that’s not an intro.)
