Category: betrayal

• May Day

  May 1

  May Day, or May 1, is the traditional celebration of springtime in the Northern Hemisphere and more recently the international public holiday to commemorate the achievements of labor and to… more ›

• There’s nothing gradual about graduation

  Apr 28

  This is what tries to pass itself off as advising in my program: After our meeting, I went carefully through your file and have made an unfortunate discovery. Because of… more ›

• Breakup + Breakthrough = Still Broken

  Apr 24

  Once, if I remember well, I had to end an intensely demanding relationship with someone much younger whose native language was not English. We had been playing at breakup for… more ›

• Be Mine

  Feb 15

  When I was in second grade all those years ago, I got it in my tiny head to create my own Valentine cards for my classmates who, might I remind… more ›

• Bullet-Point Friday

  Dec 19

  How academia is turning me into a stingy and petty academic. When resources are already stretched too far, the small benefits afforded students and professors in the humanities become necessary… more ›

• Election Coverage: Full Disclosure of H8, or California Goddam

  Nov 8

  Despite the false headlines in The New York Times Wednesday morning, Obama has not moved America beyond race politics. Very little has changed as far as the electorate goes. Otherwise,… more ›

• Two-Track Tuesday: Disintegration

  Oct 28

  Saturday evening was “opening time down on Fascination Street.” Stephen and I went out to the Halloween street party on Cedar Springs for the first time in several years. Overall,… more ›

• Project Blog It: Wishes

  Oct 27

  I wish that I didn’t feel like I had to choose among getting a decent amount of sleep/rest completing all my reading assignments exercising having a social life having a… more ›

• Two-Track Tuesday: Songs for Drella

  Oct 14

  It was while forcing my friend Shayne to listen to this tape on the way back from Fort Worth in 1990 that I realized that our friendship had an expiration… more ›

• My Big Gay Vice-Presidential Nominee Debate, or Thank you for your tolerance, or Some of my best friends…

  Oct 3

  IFILL: The next round of — pardon me, the next round of questions starts with you, Senator Biden. Do you support, as they do in Alaska, granting same-sex benefits to… more ›