Musings

Happy mid-June, excellent humans! It’s nearly the summer solstice here in the northern hemisphere, and I am having a hell of a time keeping myself on task. Everything is green and warm and beautiful outside, and I want to be out there enjoying it! Of course, that would mean that my [...continue...]

You’ve heard of about a zillion different types of editing, but you’ve got a limited budget, and you’re SO ready to get this book out into the world… How much editing do you really need to prepare your book for publication? [...continue...]

I wrote for Women Write About Comics and Medium about why promiscuous women are actually badasses, and I why I wrote a graphic novel to that effect. [...continue...]

Last Sunday, I once again live-streamed myself reading from Watching Porn: And Other Confessions of an Adult Entertainment Journalist! This time around, I read selections from "Chapter 1: Before Porn." [...continue...]

In every live video, I'll read one chapter of my book, "Watching Porn: And Other Confessions of an Adult Entertainment Journalist." Stick around after the reading for extra goodies, like a live Q&A, links to articles on the topics discussed, and links to the adult industry folks I quoted in that chapter. [...continue...]

Flaming June with her Magic Wand, swiped from Magic Wand Art History Folks, I just had a magical afternoon. It started out with a bad mood. I had way too much to do, including running some errands that set my day back by hours. And those errands didn’t go well, which meant that, although [...continue...]

I am 110% here to watch Donald Trump get taken down a peg (or hopefully several--hell, I hope he gets kicked out of office for this mess) by a woman who is also a sex worker who is ALSO a republican. The poetry of the situation is perfect beyond reckoning. And I've got plenty of popcorn ready to watch it go down. I'm also here to capitalize on Stormy's resurgence by linking to the interviews I did with her. [...continue...]

Image by Lou Roole, 2017. It’s been a hell of a year. For everyone. The kind of year that you look back at and feel truly, deeply thankful for what you still have. Together we’ve seen our political system taken over by buffoonery and mean spirits. As a country, we’ve lost forward [...continue...]

America is a deeply confusing place, peopled with a culture that's literally built on top of an Indian graveyard. And here we are. And here we must be, because what else are we to do? I am so very thankful for all I have, and I must also maintain a healthy skepticism of the systems and structures and history that allow me to have it. [...continue...]

When the #metoo hashtag began after the outing of Hollywood titan Harvey Weinstein as a serial, and apparently unrepentant, sexual predator, I added my voice to the growing tidal wave. I’ve been sexually assaulted numerous times, harassed, catcalled, objectified…you know, the usual. [...continue...]