The Legacy of Krista Blake, 1990s AIDS ActivistThe Legacy of Krista Blake, 1990s AIDS ActivistShe was just Gen X girl from a small town in the Rust Belt who found herself at the center of the most urgent public health crisis of the 20th Century. Her voice reached...
David Abercrombie was born in 1965 and died in 1994. You can read a two-part tribute to him on Instagram. Click here and here.To Tommy, With Love By the time Tommy died of AIDS-related complications, he'd been estranged from most of the community we once shared for...
How To Live Without Irony I thoroughly enjoyed this piece in the New York Times by Princeton professor Christy Wampole. She highlights how self-defeating and risky it can all be. I love this quote: Where can we find other examples of nonironic living? What does it...
When you draw a tree does it have a knothole, cut branches, or wounds in the trunk? According to some experts, these could be indications of trauma. When I was a girl we had a tree in our front yard that was dotted with knot holes. I remember watching little black...
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An editorial by Megan Daum in the Los Angeles Times discusses Generation X, the sexual disquiet of the peak years and AIDS all within the context of Christine O'Donnell. It reinforces the things I outlined in the above chart some time ago about Gen X cynicism....
I left them for you Those prodigals of familiarity Where we were not welcome And I said We are lonely And someone said Do you know how many lovers he has taken? And, I wondered why Did the veil have to be torn If access involves consideration: How many lovers have you...
There in the Sahara winds Jesus heard the whole world cry For the healing that would flow from His own scars From Mullins and My Deliverer World AIDS Day was December 1. I wanted to write something about it, but I had no inspiration until this morning when I...