Category Archives: Essays

Why I Hate Theme Parks

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Orthostatic Hypotension I can’t stand on my feet for more than a minute or two without feeling like I’m going to collapse.  Whenever I stand in line at the grocery store or stand anywhere for that matter, I sway back and forth, assume the tree pose, or crouch down and end up sitting on the floor.  I thought I was just really… Read more »

A Cornual Pregnancy, Chapter Two

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A Cornual Pregnancy, Chapter Two (For Chapter One, click HERE.) We booked a hotel close to La Guardia airport so that we could get out of the city as soon as possible after the procedure.  We had to go to Columbia Presbyterian which we learned was in a dangerous area.  I giggle when I think back to how naive we were…. Read more »

A Cornual Pregnancy, Chapter One

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Cornual Pregnancy If there is one thing I can thank Donald Trump for it’s that his inflammatory rhetoric has been the catalyst I’ve needed to write about things that I’ve wanted to write about for a very long time.  My essay about perverted men started coming together in my brain several years ago.  Today’s essay has been in the making… Read more »

Donald Trump, Perverted Men, and Me

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Donald Trump, Perverted Men, and Me From my earliest recollection, I have always wanted to keep my body covered.  It was instinctual.  A little voice inside my head kept me in the modest zone.  It was revolting to me – even before I knew about sex – that a man might look at my body and objectify it.  The thought of… Read more »