Comments for Writing for Strangers

Comment on Clone by Tassja

Tassja — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:20:56 +0000

I love this poem. Tugs at my heart, because I know exactly what you mean: I too often feel out of place, too brown, not brown enough, too ‘third world’, not ‘authentic’ and everything in between. Thank you for writing this <3 Sending you love from Minnesota xoxo

Comment on If you don’t like it, maybe it’s not meant for you by Lise

Lise — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:16:10 +0000

“I’ve never been pushed the way I’m craving.”

How would that have been? How would that be today? Doesn’t everyone “push” us one way or another? One thing for sure is that whatever part of us was not pushed on our way into adulthood, will be pushed upon becoming parents.

Comment on Home is Forgetting by Angela

Angela — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:54:58 +0000

The first stanza of Winter was just perfect, startling in a welcoming way. I didn’t realize I had stopped breathing. It’s okay, I remembered and resumed.

Thanks!
Angela

Comment on All of us, strangers by Lena

Lena — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:42:09 +0000

Such a well-crafted essay and a refreshing interpretation to the original piece. That article on Joyce Vincent utilizes a lot of scare-tactics, macabre imagery, and uncomfortable wording, i.e. Vincent was “said resemble a pre-decline Whitney Houston” (!?!) but offers little hope or possible alternative solutions. It also has a painfully large dose of stereotypes: in the US, for example, rural folk are not bitter but actually happier than their suburban and urban counterparts, unlike the author would lead one to believe. (I was surprised by this but it makes sense upon reflection.) Furthermore, I really doubt that most city dwellers are but one “lost job, divorce, a time of lying low” away from vanishing.

Your essay picks up on everything the first one lacks, a personal touch that is honest and empowered rather than fearful and projecting. Yea! Plus, those Google terms are really, REALLY interesting: I know you’d alluded to them before but, wow, what great finds for such a recent searches! Now, that said, I’m afraid to ever do a Google search again!!

Comment on A Single-Girl Manifesto by Gerri

Gerri — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:09:20 +0000

Furrealz? That’s maevrlously good to know.

Comment on Reclaiming Femme: Queer Women of Colour and Femme Identity by Mina

Mina — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 15:48:33 +0000

Could you say a bit more about gender being a choice please? I really don’t think this is true. Perhaps its more that you feel and others may feel that their gender is a choice? I know that I personally struggled for over ten years from realising I was queer and not knowing how to take on the gender that I didn’t feel comfortable with. I’m sure that I wasn’t choosing to make myself uncomfortable by feeling disharmony.

Comment on “Writer” by leigh-anne

leigh-anne — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 13:55:11 +0000

Thinking of you today, V. You are very wonderful and I’m glad you keep writing.

Comment on A Single-Girl Manifesto by Tassja

Tassja — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:44:32 +0000

This poem left me breathless. I LOVE reclaiming female literary/ mythological figures and giving them voice, and your poem is both exquisitely crafted and unmistakeably powerful. I will be sharing this with MANY people. Completely blown away by your writing!

Comment on Site stats: Search terms by MIcky

MIcky — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:58:52 +0000

This is amazing! I think my personal favourite is “coulo femme,” even though “kate beaton stalker” is also priceless. Just, wow

Comment on A Single-Girl Manifesto by Lise

Lise — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:19:09 +0000

So true, so well said…thank you xx