Obviously, I didn’t get quite the start on this project as planned. It doesn’t seem like it’s been nine months since I sprouted this grand idea. Wow, look at the time. Like so many others, the ramp-up to the election was generating the same kind of stress that we experienced from 2017 – 2021. Keeping…

It’s not exactly news to anyone that the notion of femininity has been used as both an ideal and as a pejorative for generations. As an ideal, it’s forced on people born in female bodies from the time they enter the world, insisting on frailty, silence, and obedience in return protection. On the flip-side, it’s used as an insult – usually to men – with a guarantee of both verbal and physical abuse as a result.