Essays and legal writing of Heron Greenesmith

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Monday, January 13, 2014

why I say I'm bisexual

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Originally published at Huffington Post Gay Voices.  I say I'm bisexual because I am. Because when I move through the world, I see people and parts and hearts and eyes and hair, and I recognize the potential in myself to love all those things. I say I'm bisexual because queer is in my heart, and for my friends and family, but queer can be slippery and unnamable. Queer can slide away around...

Thursday, January 9, 2014

offbeat home: from sci-fi and russian horror, to sherlock holmes fan fic and tear-jerkers: a lady writer reading list for the new year

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Darlings, as usual, my reading list for 2013 is a study in contradictions. Four Horsemen smut, to Man Booker Nominee. Magnum opi, to video game popular fiction. But as I review my Goodreads list, I see that 2013 was really the year of the ladieeeez.  I'm late to the party for some of these...

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

feministing

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These posts are from the feministing community. It's been interesting to reflect on past passions and face some deep flaws.  shining, gleaming, steaming, flaxen, waxen (8.13.08) Reading QFinder’s post, 100 Stereotypes is more like it, I began to think a little more deeply of my own current...

Friday, March 8, 2013

covering: the hidden assault on our civil rights, by kenji yoshino

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Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights by Kenji Yoshino My rating: 5 of 5 stars Covering is an argument for a new direction of civil rights advocacy: protecting individuals’ ability to live their full selves in our society. Yoshino argues that as much as we should protect minority populations...

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

pain

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My left hip aches and I can feel myself slipping into a limp, flinching away from the hurt. My jaw is tight, clenching in pain and in anticipation for the inevitable.  “Are you ok?”  “I’m good, just a little pain.” “Did something happen?” “Oh no, just the usual connective-tissue thing...

Friday, December 14, 2012

futile arguments

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exerpt from Futile Arguments:Lawrence v. Texas and the Supreme Court Bar, published in the Modern American.  The current consensus in the literature and among Supreme Court litigators themselves is that hiring specialized appellate counsel is generally a good thing. Michelle...