Who?
I’ve written a brief introduction to the blog. Now a brief introduction to me. I began my adult life as an 80s wanna-be punk with too many black clothes, pink and blue and blonde and black hair, and a faux mohawk. I was a lesbian, an alternative journalist, a philosophy undergrad, hailing from Nova Scotia, travelling through Montreal and Ottawa. I loved radical politics, angry tomes, wrote rants and raves, and for a time, thought straight men were the enemy. Then in the 90s I fell in love with a straight man, retrenched, married, reproduced became an academic, a mother, a wife. a bisexual. I moved to the US, studied 5 years in Chicago, returned to Canada (London, Ontario). I joined the United Church of Canada and voted (once or twice but not always) for the Liberals, was granted tenure. Middle-aged moderation reared its ugly head. Though my hair is still not anything resembling its natural colour, in other ways I’ve mellowed considerably. I am more often puzzled than angry and I much more tolerant of a diversity of personal habits, ways of life, and political views. Questions that once seemed easy look hard. Now in the 2000s, still happily married, and co-parenting, with a spouse, my parents and a large extended family all helping out, I am still trying to figure it all out. Emerging from the years of very young children, I have decided that the 40s are for fun. I bought a red racing bike and learned to ride it fast. I learned how to run (slowly) and to swim straight lines in the pool. I took a Spanish class. Once a fearful flier, I got over it. I travelled to Sweden (twice), Spain, and Australia. I want to learn to dance. I have many smart, funny, accomplished women (and a couple of men!) I’m proud to call friends. I read a lot. I attended the first ever Feminist Porn Awards, the Emmas, in Toronto. I struggle unsuccessfully it seems to avoid academic administration. I am beginning to broaden my horizons intellectually, engaging my brain and my life. Hence,the blog. And back to why, rather than who.
