What’s the earliest experience, or a stand-out experience you can remember that made you realize that you can be yourself, write as yourself, and write...
Archive for tag: non-binary
Body of a Poem: My Gender Is a Pair of Safety Scissors
The first time I knew I had a body was when my best friend Veronica looked at me and screamed. I was four years old,...
VIDA Reviews! Women in Sound Zines
“Why is the largest audio forum on the internet called Gear Slutz? Why is this guitar pedal called Screaming Whore? Why have no women been...
VIDA Reviews! There Is a Case That I Am, by torrin a. greathouse
torrin a. greathouse’s There Is a Case That I Am (2017, Damaged Goods Press) is concerned with the mathematics of the body torn asunder because...
Body of a Poem: Genrequeer and Genderqueer in Alabama
Most of the jokes I hear about Alabama from my Northern liberal friends have nothing to do with the gorgeous, fierce resistance that I see...
Body of a Poem: A Collection of Unfinished Statements
I felt sexy for the first time in a long time when I first wore a binder, like my body was finally something that belonged...
Body of a Poem: La Loca
I remember it like it was today because it was yesterday, maybe this week, this month, or I’m not sure. I remember a group of...
Compassionate Curating: Your Experience Is Valid
To put it simply, being an editor is difficult—and especially so when you are dealing with work that is crucial, urgent, and traumatic. As an...
Voices of Bettering American Poetry 2015 — Joanna C Valente
What do you have to say to those who would suggest your writing is too intense or upsetting? Life is upsetting and intense, so why...