Hi Darling Ones, Even though I haven’t even started reading the John Cougar Mellencamp biography my brain is chock full of JCM song title puns. I will not apologize for this. If you don’t like…
Posts tagged On being tall
My Ice Robot Heart Has Shit for Brains
Dear Darling Ones, Whenever I’m gonna write about being tall I love to pull out my elementary school class pictures from the 70s & 80s. They wonderfully illustrate how I’ve been an odd, physical other…
Getting My Foot in Someone’s Door
Dear Darling Ones, This week I re-read Lucy Grealy’s Autobiography of a Face and Ann Patchett’s Truth & Beauty. I read both of these books back in 2004 when I identified hard with Grealy’s story…
Masterpiece
Dear Darling Ones, When we were kids our next door neighbors, The Deppes, loaned us a board game called Masterpiece. This is notable because we were not the kinds of kids you would loan things…
The COVID Diaries: Answering Googlers’ Questions About Being Tall
Hi Darling Ones, I had a rough day so I’m just gonna jump to some answers. What’s it like being tall? Today I finished reading Sanctuary by Emily Rapp Black and at one point she…
The COVID Diaries: I am a Pocket Full of Kryptonite
Well, Darling Ones, I’m displeased to report that the infinite sadness has yet to abate. I did a lot of the same sadness-fighting steps as yesterday: slept 12 hours, ate eggs & hashbrowns, continued reading…
The COVID Diaries: Tales From a Pissed Off 6’5″ Woman
Hey Darling Ones, My rage meltdown started last night. My friend EM was talking about a clothing store with inclusive sizing for all kinds of bodies. She specifically mentioned they had clothes for women who…
The COVID Diaries: I Got a New Shirt Today
Dear Darling Ones, I got a new shirt today. It has Stevie Nicks on it and wearing it makes me feel feminine and witchy, like some alluring mysterious woman of mystery and allure.* I have…
The COVID Diaries: Sadness Garden
Hello Darling Ones, Before I opened up Gladys, I was merrily TikTokking my eyes out but now I’m salty. I hadn’t TikTokked all day. Yesterday I had a creative breakthrough on a site I was…
This 6’5″ Woman Watched ‘Tall Girl’ So You Don’t Have to
I don’t know how Sam Wolfson, who is credited on IMDB for writing the Netflix movie “Tall Girl,” identifies. Man? Woman? Non-binary? I’m not sure if the personal details, that Sam is 4’11”, listed on…