mythology

  • Daily Prompt: Naming Conventions

    The act of naming is strange.  As a nonbinary person, I’ve been named a number of times — by my parents, by my friends.  This blog itself is written under a penname, but the name I use when I publish is no less real than the names I use with my friends or family.  In…

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  • Guard Dogs

    Guard Dogs

    On the streets of Santiago, Chile in 2011, protests broke out on college campuses to demand a restructuring of higher education in Chile.  These student protests faced severe police brutality, but an unexpected protector emerged from the back alleys: Negro Matapacos.  A stray black dog who put himself on the front lines of protest, barking,…

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