There once were no lesbian bars in Los Angeles. As a young dyke growing up in LA, it felt like there were no lesbians either. Today, there is one lesbian bar in Los Angeles. Dubbed “a wine bar for the sapphically inclined,” the Ruby Fruit is the lonesome establishment in my hometown made by and …
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The Significance of Aunt Esther’s Cooking My Great Great Aunt Esther is not always remembered in my family for fond reasons. The memories my mother recollects of her characterize her as a crabby spinster. The daughter of poor Russian immigrants, Aunt Esther was born in 1915 and raised alongside her four other siblings in a …
An Essay in the Style of Pinball♦ ♦ This is where you will find my unserious thoughts… and a few very serious citations. Consider it a game of pinball where you, dear reader are the the ball bouncing back and forth between my writing (you’ll see why) When I turned 21, I went to a …
