The Magazine – July 2011

Original photograph by mrhayaka // Flickr

Letting the sun shine in…

Summer is at last in full swing, and so are we. We begin July with our feet planted more firmly. Our schedule is coming together, and we are picking up new writers. We’re still tinkering with the site, enabling ratings on posts and comments and a front page that highlights content in a more organized fashion.

June saw a great outpouring of deeply emotive entries. We were pleased and outraged, victorious and shaken, in love and alone. The political sphere mirrored our ups and downs, with a nail-biting lead-up to New York state passing legislation to permit same-sex marriages, followed by a similar passage in Rhode Island.

We’re looking forward to more break-throughs and more soul sharing this summer. Join us!

Featured this July…

Beautiful I’ve heard you refer to me as your amazing girlfriend, and I have to admit I’m afraid of not living up to the hype.		Vogue Italia Understands Plus-Size Pay attention, New York. This is how you do it.
I need a breath of Oxygen When I look at “women’s magazines” I see one message front and center, every time: buy.		Pulling at the Strings My therapist says I need to keep a journal, a documentation of how my days go by so that I have a dependable source to look back to.
Eat Cheap Shit: A revolutionary cook Whenever I want comfort food, whenever I think about wanting comfort food, I grab Tarla Dalal’s recipes from an obscure kitchen drawer.		Preventing the Collapse Of My Mental Health I look at my point-of-view of situations in my life, and I ask myself, “Is it paranoia? Or is it real?”
Being Fired Getting fired, for whatever reason, blows. Blows chunks. The news is like a well-placed punch. It can make you reel for hours and days.		Mother’s Milk I’ve just finished watching an episode of a favorite show; and I’m… sad.

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Tags: Comfort food, fired, mental health, Oxygen Network, plus size, same sex marriage, Vogue Italia