"…an in-your-face owning of one’s vulnerability and fucked-upness to the point of embarrassing and offending tight-asses is a powerful feminist strategy. writing is tough work, i don’t really see how anyone could write from a position of weakness. sometimes i may start out in that position, but the act of commandeering words flips me into a position of power. to deny behaviors and experiences gendered as weak or “feminine” is not queer or feminist, it’s heteronormative to the hilt. like kathy acker, i long to quiver and terrify in the same gasp."

dodie bellamy, in the buddhist. a year and a half ago, when mike and i broke up, emily gave me i love dick. this breakup season, she gave me the buddhist. i cannot put this book down for obvious reasons.