Category Archives: sex

gender, has to do with females of the species, generally but not pruriently except in rare cases; feminism sometimes.

Kirsten Gillibrand essay I wrote for Lynn Stegner’s creative memoir course, 2019

Posted on August 19, 2021 by markweiss86

Twenty three hours after meeting the next president of the United States and I am still buzzing. Minus five or six hours of sleep and rest. When I met Kirsten Gillibrand — we call her “Tina” — she said nice … Continue reading →

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Jewlia Eisenberg z”l

Posted on August 11, 2021 by markweiss86
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Double D

Posted on August 6, 2021 by markweiss86

I appreciate this column, Ms. Diamond. And I am well aware that I have been deleted numerous times from this forum — and automatically deleted from the news feed. And I have said some obnoxious things. Nelson Rockefeller was my … Continue reading →

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New SF landmarks

Posted on August 2, 2021 by markweiss86

I caught up with Cecilia Peña Govea, performer known as La Doña at her mural, at Mission and 26th in San Francisco. The Giants commissioned the mural to thank their fans for their support.La Doña plays an Earthwise Productions free … Continue reading →

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La Doña in The Chroñ

Posted on July 15, 2021 by markweiss86

 

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Molly, Remi y La Doña –top new voices coming out of the Bay Area

Posted on July 3, 2021 by markweiss86

  My favorite new artists to listen to, track and tell people about are Molly Tuttle, Remi Wolf and La Doña, also known as Cecilia Cassandra Peña-Govea.Molly and Remi are from Palo Alto, though Molly lives in Nashville and Remi … Continue reading →

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Anything with love

Posted on July 1, 2021 by markweiss86

Yes, I use “they/them” pronouns and the reason why I put “and anything with love” is because I appreciate words that can be used to signify community or kinship. Given that I am Black, I often hear phrases (especially from … Continue reading →

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Jim Harbaugh and Michigan assault case

Posted on June 12, 2021 by markweiss86

Gilvanni Johnson, age 57, pictured above, was a receiver and special teams player for Michigan Wolverines football circa 1985, three seasons, 36 games, a teammate of Jim Harbaugh the current coach and the former Palo Alto Viking three-sport star. On … Continue reading →

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Joan Didion, ‘The White Album’, The Getty Museum, Bethany Yarrow, Eugene McCarthy riff

Posted on April 28, 2021 by markweiss86

Joan Didion says that the Getty’s collection of antiquities says more about the 18th and 19th century craze for antiquities than it does about the periods from which the pieces emanate. (Didion, 1979/2009 p. 75).Reminds me that I once saw … Continue reading →

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Monday Morning Dang

Posted on April 19, 2021 by markweiss86

I woke this morning and the first thing I did was enter my studio, crack my Webster’s Eleventh and gloss the word “dang”.I had thought of an edit to the previous essay, about football.Yes, I am going to trim the … Continue reading →

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