Out of the closet

I got this from Dimmy, who I’ve decided is a closet feminist: 
A poem for us….
I shave my legs,
I sit down to pee.
And I can justify
any shopping spree.
Don’t go to a barber,
but a beauty salon.
I can get a massage
without a hard-on.
I can balance the checkbook,
I can pump my own gas.
Can talk to my friends,
about the size [...]

FlirtBuddies

Yeah, I made up the term. I think. At least, I haven’t heard it before! So, what is a FlirtBuddy, you ask? A buddy with whom I can flirt with no fear of it being considered an invitation to romantic involvement. Yeah, rather obvious!
I thought of the term on the way back from dinner on [...]

Two things that make me who I am

I suppose there would be different answers to that everyday, but today I want to talk of my feminism and my epilepsy. One very public - so public I wear it on my sleeve. The other very private - so private I can only ‘talk’ of it by writing about it. And both fundamental to [...]

My body is a battleground

Borrowed the title from a friend’s GTalk picture, but really, it feels so apt! I now actually know what the ground on which battles are fought, feels.
Absorbing all the blood that’s been spilt, sensitive to every vibe in the air (and some that aren’t really there!). Bruised, battered, but resilient in spite of itself. Tired, [...]

BikerBoy wants me to declare to the world

my worship of his genius idea and admiration of his tech-savviness … here it is:
You’re my anti-harassment God!
Now stop complaining.

A short note

to update on the blank calls - I haven’t had one since the post! Yippeee!!
Lots of people have helped out - I mentioned BikerBoy’s fantastic innovation (did I tell you that was the quickest response?) on the update to the last post, but I’ve received updates from friends on how they’ve called the harassers. Most [...]

Harassment

I’ve been receiving a lot of blank calls on my mobile in the past month. They started as just that - blank calls on which no one would speak. They moved on to heavy breathing. And last week, I unsuspectingly gave out my name, not recognising the number. As you can imagine, they have gotten [...]