Tag: Gender
Divining the Masculine
This essay on religion, science, gender and the Earth is one of the most difficult things I’ve written. Part One ~ Part Two The composition process felt like torture. I fully expected it would require serious revision, but it was accepted and published as-is in the collection Finding the Masculine in Goddess’ Spiral: Men in Ritual, Community, and […]
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We think the baby dropped sometime yesterday or the day before. Xy is feeling a lot better and seems to have a lot more energy. Speaking of dropping, perhaps it’s time to drop the pretense that we’re keeping the child’s sex a secret. See, four or five months ago Xy asked me if we should […]
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Just found out the sex of our impending child, via text message from Xy. However, I’m not posting it here. We need something to announce in March, right? Also, I need to sort out just how much of this child’s life is going to be subject to my compulsive communicating. And finally, it’s another opportunity […]
Read More → GenderAssault of the Phonebot
I just got a phone call from a robot which ranted about how many women didn’t vote in the last election. It exhorted me to “Press one if you promise to vote this November.” Confused by my manhood, I didn’t press anything, and the recorded voice said “Thank you,” and hung up.
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