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And Then I Turned 40…

A narrative blog on identity, love and re-imagining in mid-life.


  • 05.29
    2023

    And Then There Was Reality TV, pt. 2

    (Spoilers) Recap of The Ultimatum: Queer Love, Eps. 3&4 Dear__When I last wrote, I told you about the first two episodes of The Ultimatum: Queer Love. Thankfully, the intensity remains in the third and fourth episodes. In these two episodes, the couples decide who they will spend their trial marriage with during “the choice” ceremony. Yoly and Continue reading.

  • 05.28
    2023

    And Then There Was Reality TV.

    (Spoilers) Recap of The Ultimatum: Queer Love, Eps. 1&2 Dear__ My decade’s-long love affair with reality television has perfectly intersected with my later-in-life* queer education as a new reality dating show has reached the airwaves. The Ultimatum: Queer Love is a new reality series on Netflix that brings five sapphic** couples together for an experiment in love and tears Continue reading.

  • 04.9
    2023

    A Meditation for Easter

    Dear God, Thank you for waking me this morning. As I reflect on today as Easter, I am thinking about the word “resurrection” and what it means to me in this season of life. As a child, I’m not sure the word meant much to me beyond being the seminal plot point of the Easter Continue reading.

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