Category Archives: Off Our Chests

We’ve got something to say and we’re not afraid to say it.

So Long, Farewell, auf Wiedersehen, Adieu, a.k.a. The Transfer from QueerieBradshaw.com to LaurenMarieFleming.com

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Queerie Bradshaw

My first blog post on here was in 2008, and it was my mother’s recipe for mushroom rice. Yeaup, this used to be a food blog called West Coast Winos. Then I got asked to write a sex blog for Curve … Continue reading →

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Stuff I Love: Sweet and Rough, Sixteen Stories of Queer Smut by Sinclair Sexsmith, plus bonus giveaway of a copy of the book!

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Queerie Bradshaw

I love it when they start to dishevel. Makes me want to tangle her hair, pull at her dress, smear what’s left of her lipstick. I think Sinclair Sexsmith has entered my mind. This is exactly what I want a butch … Continue reading →

Posted in BDSM/kink, Books, Crushes, Featured, LGBT/Queer Politics, Other Sites/Blogs, Sex Educators, Stuff We Love, Trans/Genderqueer/Gender Non-conformity | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

Become a Citizen of Hope

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Queerie Bradshaw

On October 2, 2012, a team of surgeons at City of Hope medical center sliced open my brother and saw a body wracked with cancer. Nevertheless, they kept cutting, determined to remove what they could of this invasive leech eating him … Continue reading →

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Depression, Robin Williams, and Me

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Queerie Bradshaw

Robin Williams killed himself today and my heart keeps breaking over and over again, not for the man I never met, but for the struggle I know too well. My depression hit me like a brick wall around the same … Continue reading →

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Introducing Dear Friend, Intimate Letters Between You and Me

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Queerie Bradshaw

With a million different blogs and even more social media sites, I feel like I’m often shouting into a crowded room, getting only echoes and whispers back. I miss intimacy in my encounters. I miss connecting with you all. For … Continue reading →

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Alaskan Rejuvenation, a.k.a. All the Wonderfulness I Accomplished in the Wilderness

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Queerie Bradshaw

Everyone in Alaska has a plane, at least that’s what it feels like as the skies fill up with single-engine floaters every weekend, leaving from watery runways in town and landing in lakes far from here, places without roads or … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure, Featured, Headline, My Writing Elsewhere, Personal, Sinful Misadventures, Travel | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

May Is National Masturbation Month and I Can’t Celebrate, But You Can For Me

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Queerie Bradshaw

Oh that little thing right there? That’s nothing, just a giant ball of something hanging out in my uterus. The doctors found it by sticking a tube into my cervix and filling my uterus up with fluid, then shoving a … Continue reading →

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Happy Anniversary, Baby, Let’s Go to the Emergency Room, a.k.a. Love in the Time of Maladies

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Queerie Bradshaw

This afternoon, doctors are going to stick a straw into my cervix, fill my uterus up with water and try to see if they can figure out why my lower abdomen has been hurting for so long. This is not how I planned on … Continue reading →

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Why All Bloggers Should Care About BookCon’s Lack of Diversity

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Queerie Bradshaw

Book Expo America (“BEA”) is the leading North American publishing event, bringing publishers, authors, distributors and readers together in one location, the force of which sets standards for the whole publishing industry. In an attempt to bring more readers to … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Essays, Featured, Feminism, LGBT/Queer Politics, My Writing Elsewhere, Politics, Racial Politics | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Ten Words to Use Instead of Insane, Crazy, Lame, Gay or Retarded

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Queerie Bradshaw

Lately, I’ve found myself appalled at the derogatory language I use on a daily basis without even realizing it is derogatory. That movie was so lame. Woah, this line to Inn-N-Out is crazy. Her outfit is totally insane. I’m ashamed … Continue reading →

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