Speaking of piercings, my mother informed me recently that in our culture, women used to wear the noluk (septum piercing) to indicate that they were newly married. If the women weren’t already pierced, the bridal party would puncture the ring through the septum on the very day of the ceremony. Septum rings have never appealed …
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Almost two years ago, I (finally) visited a chiropractor. "Good news," he said. "Your back pain isn't spinal. It's muscular. You're 25; WHY are you so tense?" "Average citizens are advised to save water when the enormous agricultural industry consumes 70% of the world's freshwater and wastes it on excessive irrigation and crops unsuitable for …
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What are dimensions really? It was in the middle of reviewing a legal brief at work when I suddenly had the thought, and I texted my coworker who lives in Singapore. “Becky how do I know that I am three-dimensional?” “Oh boy we are wading into deep philosophical waters,” she replied. “Wiki says this,” I …
Some of you have requested a mailing address to deliver gifts, and though I am deeply moved, I cannot safely provide one. I hope you understand! If you do still want to get me a present, please donate to Esq. Apprentice, an organization that helps low-income women of color become lawyers. The organization is local …
This is a note that although my 15-year-old disciple, Misha, calls me Naia for a very specific reason, and that although you may see variations of this used in deliberately vague references to me (i.e. in fiction written by friends to obscure the inspiration), Naia is only for Misha to use interpersonally. My name is …
Please don't use Muslim women protesting authoritarian laws as examples of "feminism done right." Women in Iran are not little pawns for bitter white ladies to use in order to gripe about third wave feminism in the US because they think sexual misconduct allegations have gone too far. (We're also on like, the 5th wave …
the fatal feminist 