This Is How I’m Going to Do Menopause

This Is How I’m Going to Do Menopause

The only information I had about menopause came from vaginal dryness commercials, sit com punchlines, and Betty’s description of her “heat orgasms”.  At the stroke of 50, I started to feel like I was losing my grip on reality.  I felt angry all the time.  I woke up...
We Were All There to Heal, to Feel Something Other Than Fear

We Were All There to Heal, to Feel Something Other Than Fear

Listen https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/dodsonandross.s3.amazonaws.com/Podcasts/CarlinNovWorkshop.mp3 We thought we’d be celebrating the first Madame President but instead we packed up and headed out for Bodysex with heavy hearts.  As my flight took off, I thought...
My Abortion Experience

My Abortion Experience

Amber Thurman, Carman Broedster, Candi Miller, Taysha Wilkinson-Sobieski, Nevaeh Crain, and Josseli Barnica bled out or succumbed to infection in hospitals since Roe v Wade was overturned.  Most were carrying intended pregnancies – most were mothers who left children...
I Thought Was Too Much

I Thought Was Too Much

“You’re a gay man trapped in a woman’s body”, announced my boyfriend as he grabbed my upper arms and forcibly pushed me off of his body.  I was stunned….and hurt.  I thought it would be sexy to crawl up his body like a cat and lick his face.  He didn’t agree.  It was...
Everything Was Better with Betty

Everything Was Better with Betty

“Did you meet the hot girl with the green eyes?”  “Green eyes?, I thought to myself as I ran through all the people I met during orientation.  I was 14 years-old – I’d overheard this conversation while stocking shelves on the first day of my new job.   I...