CREATIVE WRITING
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"Apparently, there’s some solid evidence to support the possibility of parallel universes. I can’t speak to the validity of these theories because I don’t care to research them. But I will gladly drift into a rollicking, poetic meditation on the Alternate Real because I’ve got some shit to do there. I need to bury a lifeline across space and time so that a boy on his own has something to hold on to other than his lonely penis. I need to write an internet essay to teenage Woody, floating on the waterbeds of yesteryear..." [READ MORE]
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"My process has changed a little over the past 25 years, but my aesthetic is essentially the same. I'm classically trained in acting and dance, but it wasn't until holding my BFA in my hand that I realized it was my weapon against classist artmaking. In 2011, I cofounded The Libertinis and our interarts gang deals a low blow to high art as strippers trained as actors trained as clowns. (We're a hoot.) These days I prioritize working with queer makers who center their experience in order to rock the boat..." [READ MORE]
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"If my too-many years of spooky parochial school taught me anything, it’s that inciting a riot is too hard in uniform. When righteous indignation sparks, it burns too brightly and too quickly to be bothered with a rainbow tutu. You have only two instantaneous options: shoot up like a firework and explode in fleeting brilliance, or land in the bushes and spread the flame. The baby-you’re-a-firework option may feel more fun, but by yourself, you’ll burn out in a matter of seconds. Faggots catch quickly when they’re in parched bundles..." [READ MORE]
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