Hi Darling Ones, Over the weekend I finished reading Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe. It was a total snooze. I do not recommend. I stuck with it because one of my favorite genres is “when bad things happen to rich people.” Give me a murder mystery set in some English hoity-toity boarding school and I’m happy. The best thing about “Astor” is it kept reminding me of an argument we…
Hello Darling Ones, Last night I finished Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia by philosopher Kate Manne. It’s one of those books that should be required reading for all humans. I’d also include Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot and probably, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi. I enjoyed Manne’s book a lot, even if I didn’t learn a ton. Having lived in a fat body my entire life I’m familiar with the…
Hi Darling Ones, I dunno about you, but I’ve had it up to here with current events. And I’m 6’5″ and here is pretty high up. I can’t with SCotUS. I can’t with shootings. I can’t with a fascist gameshow host stoking violence and then being shocked when there is violence. I can’t with a country that does nothing about violence and genocide in Palestine. I can’t with the death of one of the Heathers, and I really really cannot…
Dear Darling Ones, I like to do big deals on the 6th of the month. Be born (June 6th). Have a stroke (March 6th). Face cold, hard facts (July 6th). What? You might be asking yourself. What cold, hard facts? Today is July 6th and I’ve seen exactly zero facts faced. Cold, hard, or otherwise. Well, I’m here to tell you about not 1, not 2, but 3 cold, hard facts I am facing. Cold Hard Fact #1 I have…
Hi Darling Ones, Did you miss me? I took a brief hiatus while Sister #2 was here. She left Friday and I spent all day yesterday sleeping. It always takes me a little while to readjust to hermit life after spending a ton of time with my extrovert sisters. Speaking of which, we’re gonna kick off this month’s appreciation list with them. Sisters I cannot say enough how rad it is that my sisters have consistently shown up for me…
What’s up, Darling Ones? In honor of the 31st anniversary of Paul Westerberg’s first solo record, “14 Songs,” I decided to rank his solo efforts based on whim and my current mood. I included some of the Grandpaboy stuff, but kept out all the basement recordings. 1. Suicaine Gratifaction This should come as no surprise. This is my favorite solo Westerberg album and of course I would only like the best. I love art that guts me and eves me…
