This blog, “Damn Straight” and my blog aggregator, Oversampled have both been updated.
The changes made were mostly cosmetic, with special attention paid to the layout of Oversampled to distinguish it from Damn Straight, and to make it clear who has written what.
As always, readers can preview the first few lines of any post on Oversampled, [...]
Looks different, huh?
Yeah, if the site you are currently looking at has the standard WordPress blue heading and generic layout, it’s because my blog, “Answers from Abigail” and Oversampled.net are in the middle of an upgrade and overhaul.
I will be unveiling a new look soon.
In the meantime, I send my best wishes to you [...]
Today marks the beginning of National Poetry Month. In light of this, I am happy to share this untitled poem my dad wrote for me in 1985. I post it here with his permission.
To see how she
At 12
Thinks
and cares
and understands
and perceives
Is to know that she
In years beyond will
Love
and lead
and influence
and create
and build
In strength.
A testament to [...]
If two cyber-linked queerspawn meet in real life and nobody snaps a picture of it, did it really happen?
Just to be on the safe side, here’s a shot of me with Nava Et-Shalom who was in Minneapolis for a very quick trip.
Nava’s reasons for coming to town had nothing to do with me, [...]
My issues of Advocate and Out arrived in my mailbox today. As always, they arrived in that distinct looks-like-porn opaque plastic wrap.
I would prefer they were mailed to me just like my issues of Newsweek and Economist — wrap-free, with my name unapologetically printed on the cover.
But for subscribers living in one [...]
The final post from the T-shirt archives:
In 1998, Carleton College had its first all-class GLBT reunion. For some alumni, it was the first time they were returning since they graduated decades ago. I didn’t go to Carleton, but it is a special place for me because it’s where my mom and dad met. They are [...]
Among the shirts now added the Tretter Collection:
I wore this at Pride in 1999. My column had just debuted in Lavender Magazine two weeks earlier and it ran until the middle of 2001.
Funny thing: I still get stopped by people who say, “I love your column in Lavender.”
Not loved but love, present tense. [...]
Another t-shirt from COLAGE, circa 2000.
It’s a good message, but organized COLAGErs are a conscientious bunch, and I remember discussions/questions about how the figures in the image all appeared to be white, which certainly does not reflect the diversity of queerspawn.
Here’s another COLAGE shirt. This one was from about 1997 or earlier.
Front:
Back:
Stefan Lynch posted an online diary (before they were called blogs) about a cross-country trip he took on a bike in 1997. One of his stops was Colorado Springs, where he checked out the headquarters of the very homo-hostile organization Focus on [...]
Among the items I donated to the Tretter Collection are some of my t-shirts. I posted earlier about the one I made in 1998 and the ones we had produced for a group of us.
As I pulled together my material for the archives, I found additional shirts that I thought would be better off [...]