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This week marked an important milestone for me – I got myself back home two years ago after six months of being homeless. That was March 10, 2024. It’s legal, but tenuous. So I began to wonder – am I still homeless? I’ve lived here since July 18, 2005. That’s the longest I’ve lived anywhere […]
She gets up and pours herself a strong one My friend Sarah and I are dabbling lightly in the libations lifestyle. In January, I had a cocktail at City Theatre when I saw a play and it was nice – bourbon and other stuff. I said “huh, I guess I like bourbon.” This led me […]
Preview Back in the late 90s and early Aughts, I would buy LGBTQ movies on VHS from Ebay. Lifetime movies mostly. They are probably in a box in the attic. Think Stockard Channing, Natasha Lyonne, even Brooke Shields as a lesbian mom When I took a closer look, I saw they were mostly screeners that […]
So here’s my occasional plea for your help. I am in the midst of three court cases stemming from events in August 2023. I was homeless for six months. I’ve been home for nearly two years, but things are tough. I depend on you to help me with living and legal expenses while these cases […]
Includes homage to The TIng Ting’s “That’s Not My Name” The owner of the Oakmont Bakery sent me an email that perfectly illustrates the#OakmontBakeryEffect This song is monotone – more clueless white male privilege treating a woman as if I need to be schooled and corrected. Hi Kim, I own Oakmont Bakery, and I wanted […]
For nearly ten years, I’ve been interviewing local folx for political Q&A’s. I eventually focused specifically on candidates for office anywhere in Pennsylvania. I’m sitting this year out. I know it is the mid-terms and we have to win control and all of the things Democrats often say to chastise and shame people into a […]
Ah, Bucks County, you never cease to amaze. And disappoint. The Chief of Police in Quakertown waded into a protest organized by high school students, allegedly did not identify himself while dressed in street clothing, and put a female minor into a choke hold. Her friends responded to a stranger choking the young woman, launched […]
A slow blink from a cat is a well-documented feline behavior that signifies they feel safe, comfortable, and not threatened in your presence. Tough conversation with my lawyer today, reminding me how perilously close I am to being homeless. Not new information. But for the remainder of the day it was staring me in the face […]
Pittsburgh has had a surge of adaptations of classics from the ‘Realism’ era of plays when attentions turned to the working class, language was more direct and common, and we were invited into homes and rooms rather than imaginations and myths. Realism seems like a fitting lens to understand how I review a play or […]
Galentine’s Day brings women together to celebrate each other every year the day before Valentine’s day. Today we honor our platonic soulmates and the bond between friendships formed that deserve celebration. I’m not one for the term “gal” anymore than bestie or BFF or GBF. But a day to celebrate friendship with other women is […]
