Vanishing coin, hare pulled by its ears from a hat, the lovely assistant who is disappeared, sawed in half, guillotined, her squeals prelude to applause
Archive for the ‘Girls’ Category
Dark magic
Posted in Girls, Patriarchy, Roe v Wade, Women on May 24, 2023 | 1 Comment »
The Marvelous Boy
Posted in Adolescents/Teenagers, Books, Boys, Daughters, Feminism, Girls, Growing up, Masculinity, Men, The Genders on October 12, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s what driving carpool really means: the floors of your car fill up with food remains, the seams of your seats darken with embedded crumbs, the windows smudge over with the residue of sticky/sweaty foreheads, noses, lips and fingers, the air sours with the lingering odor of left-behind articles of clothing peeled off while wet, half-sucked […]
The Mists of Asphalt
Posted in Aging, Books, Emotions/Inner World, Fantasies, Girls, Grandparents, Women on October 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I think I saw a faerie the other day. I wasn’t expecting to, but no one sees faeries by setting out to do so. First I saw only her car: boxy and angular, the white exterior paint dulled slightly with age. A regal anomaly among the sleek, smooth, rounded vehicles that dominate the road. My […]