Brandi Homan
"More is possible than people are telling you." –Susan Sontag
Generation Catalano!
“Generation Catalano is never fully comfortable with its place in the world; we wander away from the periphery and back again.”
Fantastic article by Doree Shafir about those in between Gen X and Millennial.
Good Time Jesus
I’ve encountered this one on several occasions, but it strikes just the right cord today.
Thank you, Nathan McDowell, for the reminder:
Good Time Jesus by James Tate
Jesus got up one day a little later than usual. He had been dream-
ing so deep there was nothing left in his head. What was it?
A nightmare, dead bodies walking all around him, eyes rolled
back, skin falling off. But he wasn’t afraid of that. It was a beau-
tiful day. How ’bout some coffee? Don’t mind if I do. Take a little
ride on my donkey, I love that donkey. Hell, I love everybody.
“You Can’t Be What You Can’t See”
…Lord knows I know that.
This looks amazing! Official trailer for the Miss Representation documentary:
From Miss Representation‘s website:
When the new documentary film Miss Representation premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, audiences were riveted, and Oprah Winfrey acquired its broadcast rights. Writer/Director Jennifer Siebel Newsom interwove stories from teenage girls with provocative interviews from the likes of Dr. Condoleezza Rice, Lisa Ling, Nancy Pelosi, Katie Couric, Rachel Maddow, Rosario Dawson, Dr. Jackson Katz, Dr. Jean Kilbourne, and Gloria Steinem to give us an inside look at the media and its message.
As the most persuasive and pervasive force of communication in our culture, media is educating yet another generation that a woman’s primary value lay in her youth, beauty and sexuality—and not in her capacity as a leader, making it difficult for women to obtain leadership positions and for girls to reach their full potential.
The film accumulates startling facts and statistics that leave audiences shaken, armed with a new perspective, and asking the question, “What can we do?”
Midwestern Gothic
Hey ya’ll, there’s a new issue of Midwestern Gothic out now!
Honored to have poems in it as well as to be in the contributor spotlight.
Thanks to all the editors, and many congrats for such a beautiful magazine!
Keep fighting the good fight.
Me, Wag
This one is so much of a favorite that I may have even posted it here already… I don’t care!
Thank you, Mr. Berryman.
David Trinidad + Peyton Place Haiku
number 95:
After Joe molests
Rita, she runs home to dress.
Prom night is prom night.
SWOON.
Read Andrew Terhune’s lovely interview of David Trinidad here.
