Romance and Chocolate Blog
A writer I know entrusted me with her story. It’s not easy to read, and after the stories of the last few days it’s clear her story is unique only in the details. The common threads and themes are all too consistent for victims of bullies: Different = Target. Read More
I estimate that I’ve notched over 100 literary bedposts, each bed including (usually) two women busy doing the things lesbian relish. Sometimes, even sleeping. But I digress. Read More
There are words used against us that are meant to diminish and degrade. And there are words withheld from us that are meant to keep us diminished and degraded. As I wrote the new set of stories for Frosting on the Cake 2, there was a new word I used because it was natural to several stories. Read More
The sad deaths of gay teens have finally caught the attention of the media. While only a few names are in the headlines, we all know the truth: there are too many more to count. Too many young people certain that their lives cannot ever be worth living, that it won’t ever get better, because both personal bullies and impersonal so-called leaders of morality tell them they’re better off dead — and they tell teens that message every single day. Read More