Author: kate

  • Brainstorm! Part 1: Spreading the Word

    A Cunt of One’s Own is most certainly off the ground and running. People (like you!) are reading the blog. In the first 48 hours of the project’s public existence, I raised $1000. That’s *amazing*. Thank you. So, what’s next? Well, I wanted to lay out some of my thoughts, and hear from all of…

  • A Slight Consistency

    [Trigger warning for slavery and other dehumanization] I recently finished reading Barry Estabrook’s excellent book, Tomatoland. I won’t spend much time promoting it, because holy cow the folks at Andrews McMeel have [TW] gotten the word out. I’ve also been thinking a lot about abortion rights, because that’s been in the news once or twice…

  • Update

    A couple of quick things: 1. I haven’t been able to pin down what’s happening with the site. I (and other folks) have occasionally needed to reload various browsers to make it appear. It’s a new phenomenon for me. I’ve got another WordPress blog hosted on the same cloud, and it’s not experience the problem.…

  • An Introduction: With Movie!

    I thought it would be nice to post a video introduction. Mostly, I talk about what the hell it was I was thinking when I decided to start this project. As it turns out, I talk like a nervous Midwesterner. Who knew? Transcript follows

  • Introducing “A Cunt of One’s Own”

    As I may have mentioned on the Internet once or twice, I’m a trans woman. As I may not have mentioned, I’m faced with significant medical bills. These things are related. Thus, I’m announcing the A Cunt of One’s Own project. I’m a feminist writer trying to raise enough money to buy a vagina, so…