Drowned in moonlight, strangled by my own bra…

I came across this shortly after Carrie Fisher’s death.

http://womanista.com/2016/12/27/cinnabon-posts-horribly-insensitive-tweet-about-carrie-fisher-/

I realize by it’s very formation that the ‘zine is trying to develop and appeal to the feminist image, or at least, what passes for feminism these days, but I think they might be trying too hard.  When you cannot laugh at yourself, you have begun to take the world, and your situation in it, way too seriously.

By Dan Granot

I chose the Shorter Whitman because of his work, "Song of Myself" and because of my self-deprecating sense of humor. I am under no illusion that I can write successful essays or poetry, but I have been known to write them anyway.

3 comments

    1. I fear the opposite. I think that in an effort to offend no one, there has been an enormous amount of effort put forth to become inhuman- lacking any definitive features of sex, race or creed. It is better to be a blank slate signifying nothing than to possess the wrong opinion or thought.

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