There are no traditions associated with celebrating Women’s History Month, so I’d like to propose some. Like free bleeding and breaking glass. Happy Women’s History Month! Wow, a whole 31 days every year where the mainstream media releases halfhearted lists of cool ladies you should hear about year-round. There are no traditions associated with celebrating...
Author: Ash Fisher (Ash Fisher)
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Wow, “Clarissa Explains it All” Is Way Darker Than I Remembered
In the very first episode, Clarissa plots to murder her little brother, Ferguson. After you meet him, you’ll want to murder him, too. Back in my day, Nickelodeon was fucked up. That is the conclusion I keep drawing whenever I encounter beloved childhood Nick shows as an adult. Rocko’s Modern Life is exceptionally dirty (click...
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How to Support A Loved One With an Eating Disorder
If you know someone with an eating disorder and don’t struggle with eating yourself, you may feel a bit helpless. This guide is for you. It’s National Eating Disorders Awareness Week next week, and it’s very likely that you know someone with an eating disorder and/or have one yourself. I am a recovering bulimic whose...
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The Best, Worst, and Meh-est of Queer Television
I originally planned to write a roundup of current queer TV characters, because I’m queer and I love television. I thought, hey, I’d like to know how many of my people are gaying it up on TV these days. Then I learned that TV is a lot queerer than it used to be. Google provided me with several comprehensive...
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I Came Out As a Lesbian — And Then Fell in Love With a Man
I can’t remember ever not feeling like a lesbian. It’s who I am. But then I met this boy. Last spring, I fell deeply, deliriously, overwhelmingly in love. I’ve been in love before, but never like this. This is the cliched, over-the-top-Hollywood-romantic-comedy-nonsense-I-didn’t-think-actually-existed-oh-my-god-I-get-love-songs-now kind of love. I didn’t know it was possible to be so compatible...
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My Smoking Relationship Status: It’s Complicated
I get it, smoking is gross. I promise that I think it’s gross too. Please stop shaming me. I already have more smoking shame than I can handle. Hey, reader, did you know that smoking is bad for you? And that I’ve known that since elementary school and also that I’ve been a smoker for...
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Everything’s the Worst: 5 Self-Care Acts to Distract You From the World for 10 Minutes
Happy New Year! Lots of folks are pointing out that time is an arbitrary construct, and nothing really changes with a new year. But lots of things are going to change this year. Like, a racist, fascist reality-show star with no government experience who brags about sexually assaulting women is going to take the highest...
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Saying Goodbye: 50 Suggestions for 2016 Rituals
I’m a big fan of rituals (to prove it, here’s an article I wrote about them for Wear Your Voice back in 2014). I didn’t start performing rituals until I moved to the Bay Area and embraced my inner witchiness. Rituals don’t have to be spiritual, witchy, religious or anything, really. They can be whatever you want them...
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An Ode to Procrastination, or: 50 Things I Did Instead of Writing this Article
Made a to-do list of all the things I have to do today. Crossed off “make a to-do list” from my to-do list. Added “clean up desk” to my to-do list. Started cleaning up my desk. Found seven half-finished to-do lists on my desk. Made a new to-do list of all the unfinished tasks from...
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How to Stay Alive When Everything Hurts
Since I was a teenager, I’ve struggled off and on with suicidal ideation. As odd as it may sound if you’ve never experienced it, being suicidal can sometimes be comforting. Well, I could always kill myself, I’ve thought when things feel unbearable. Reminding myself that I could opt out of all this difficult being alive...