Thoughts of an Optimistic Pessimist

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Clary’s Cultural Cwtch #29
Dream Warriors (and Other Nightmares)
Oct 30 • 
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The World According to Daisy #6
Standing from Sitting, Figuring Out Feet, and Naughty (G) Nashers
Oct 26 • 
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Clary’s Cultural Cwtch #28: The Grab Bag Returns
Books, beats and brushstrokes from every corner of the map
Oct 23 • 
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Thoughts of an Optimistic Pessimist #7: Paid Subscriber Exclusive - Exclamation!
A short story about memory, queerness, and the ghosts we keep in boxes.
Oct 22 • 
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Clary’s Cultural Cwtch #27: On the Margins of the Mainstream II
Slow Down
Oct 16 • 
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Mam Mojo in Motion #6
The one with the crunchy shoulders, sync tracks, and chaos that's just changed flavour
Oct 12 • 
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Clary’s Cultural Cwtch #26
On the Margins of the Mainstream
Oct 9 • 
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Lesbian Stages #10: Embodied Politics
The body as protest, symbol, and site of resistance
Oct 8 • 
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Thoughts of an Optimistic Pessimist
Thoughts of an Optimistic Pessimist
Clary is a lifelong music, movie & TV geek, and her fandom for Kylie Minogue, Manic Street Preachers, the Peanuts, ‘Back to the Future’ (greatest trilogy ever made), and ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ is dangerously close to being pop-culture sacred cow.
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