Broadsided
Modern ballads from a modern broad
Ginny Kaczmarek
- Location
- New Orleans, Louisiana, US
- Birthday
- July 28
- Bio
- I'm a mama with an MFA who writes poetry, essays, and reviews--when I'm not playing pirates with my boys.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Recent publications
May 01, 2010 04:02PM - I'm Baaack--Again!
March 27, 2010 06:25PM - I'm Baaaack
September 15, 2009 12:56PM - First-ever "Maybe" on a
Pregnancy Test?
June 02, 2009 05:14PM - Open call: Disturbing pillow
talk
May 19, 2009 01:06PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Thank you for the
congrats and compliments! I'm
really proud
of them both (and
fo…”
March 29, 2010 10:07PM - “Oh, I'll have to post a
photo of my bedroom: dark red
striped
walls with red
velv…”
March 27, 2010 09:31PM - “Soy can be a pretty big
component of vegetarian/vegan
diets,
but it doesn't
have…”
October 07, 2009 01:03PM - “Hang in there, sparker!
When I went veg, about 20
years ago,
I took a gradual
app…”
October 07, 2009 12:52PM - “Cracking up. I've got a
little boy, a barfy cat, and
am newly
pregnant--so barf
i…”
June 04, 2009 05:21PM
Ginny Kaczmarek's Links
- An Interview with Yours Truly
- All Rileyed Up
- My Other Literary Output
- Literary Mama
- Women's Review of Books
- Poem: "Shanti's Gun"
- Poem: "Country-Western Triolet"
- Poem: "Anecdote on the Green Toilet"
- Umbrella
- Rattle
- My Other Blog
- Ginny's Tonic
March 29, 2010 10:07PM
“Thank you for the congrats and compliments! I'm really proud of them both (and for myself for birthing them, the first was 8lbs 13oz and this one was 9…”
About: I'm Baaack--Again!
“Thank you for the congrats and compliments! I'm really proud of them both (and for myself for birthing them, the first was 8lbs 13oz and this one was 9…”
About: I'm Baaack--Again!
March 27, 2010 09:31PM
“Oh, I'll have to post a photo of my bedroom: dark red striped walls with red velvet curtains. Black floors, black trim around the window and doors. Sur…”
About: Cure for Invisibility--Lady in Red
“Oh, I'll have to post a photo of my bedroom: dark red striped walls with red velvet curtains. Black floors, black trim around the window and doors. Sur…”
About: Cure for Invisibility--Lady in Red
October 07, 2009 01:03PM
“Soy can be a pretty big component of vegetarian/vegan diets, but it doesn't have to be the only thing you eat. One trick of becoming vegetarian is lea…”
About: Vegetarian Quest
“Soy can be a pretty big component of vegetarian/vegan diets, but it doesn't have to be the only thing you eat. One trick of becoming vegetarian is lea…”
About: Vegetarian Quest
October 07, 2009 12:52PM
“Hang in there, sparker! When I went veg, about 20 years ago, I took a gradual approach--first no red meat, then no poultry, then no seafood. It took me…”
About: Hard Road...
“Hang in there, sparker! When I went veg, about 20 years ago, I took a gradual approach--first no red meat, then no poultry, then no seafood. It took me…”
About: Hard Road...
June 04, 2009 05:21PM
“Cracking up. I've got a little boy, a barfy cat, and am newly pregnant--so barf is constantly on my mind. Thanks for reminding me to laugh about it!”
About: In Which I Make You Glad You Don't Have Kids or Pets
“Cracking up. I've got a little boy, a barfy cat, and am newly pregnant--so barf is constantly on my mind. Thanks for reminding me to laugh about it!”
About: In Which I Make You Glad You Don't Have Kids or Pets
June 04, 2009 05:16PM
“Oh, hilarious! (Well, not the having-to-clean-up-puke part.) I think my kid's on his way to hypochondria too, since he so loves the Red Medicine (Tylen…”
About: Powerful Urges
“Oh, hilarious! (Well, not the having-to-clean-up-puke part.) I think my kid's on his way to hypochondria too, since he so loves the Red Medicine (Tylen…”
About: Powerful Urges
June 04, 2009 05:09PM
“Aww, thanks, everybody! Some days it just doesn't feel real--and then I feel like throwing up, and it's really really real. Telling people helps, too.”
About: First-ever "Maybe" on a Pregnancy Test?
“Aww, thanks, everybody! Some days it just doesn't feel real--and then I feel like throwing up, and it's really really real. Telling people helps, too.”
About: First-ever "Maybe" on a Pregnancy Test?
June 02, 2009 05:44PM
“Oh boy oh boy! that was great.”
About: For no other reason than this nearly makes me pee myself...
“Oh boy oh boy! that was great.”
About: For no other reason than this nearly makes me pee myself...
June 02, 2009 05:38PM
“As a mom up to her eyeballs in a small child's shit, quiet, furry chinchillas suddenly seem like such an obvious, reasonable alternative. Damn. Kids: th…”
About: On My Daughter Leaving Home
“As a mom up to her eyeballs in a small child's shit, quiet, furry chinchillas suddenly seem like such an obvious, reasonable alternative. Damn. Kids: th…”
About: On My Daughter Leaving Home
June 02, 2009 04:49PM
“Funny--I'm pro-choice for many of the same reasons you mention here. I agree that reducing the need for abortions--through education and easily availab…”
About: My thoughts on the direction of the pro-life movement
“Funny--I'm pro-choice for many of the same reasons you mention here. I agree that reducing the need for abortions--through education and easily availab…”
About: My thoughts on the direction of the pro-life movement
May 20, 2009 12:49PM
“What a fun idea, to make a reading list for yourself. Not sure I can be that organized (tho I try...and try...). I just finished "Plenty Enough Suc…”
About: My Big Fat Summer Reading List
“What a fun idea, to make a reading list for yourself. Not sure I can be that organized (tho I try...and try...). I just finished "Plenty Enough Suc…”
About: My Big Fat Summer Reading List
May 20, 2009 12:16PM
“You mean the one with ass-shaped ears? EEK!”
About: Open call: Disturbing pillow talk
“You mean the one with ass-shaped ears? EEK!”
About: Open call: Disturbing pillow talk
May 20, 2009 11:59AM
“Funny post! Loved the impromptu in-store glee performance. I watched the show, too, and totally loved it. We didn't have glee in my high school--the mus…”
About: My "Glee" day
“Funny post! Loved the impromptu in-store glee performance. I watched the show, too, and totally loved it. We didn't have glee in my high school--the mus…”
About: My "Glee" day
May 20, 2009 11:53AM
“yay, so glad y'all came! aphrabehn, thanks for the compliment, and for the support. I hope your battle with infertility had (has) a happy ending. Arthur… ”
About: Open call: Disturbing pillow talk
“yay, so glad y'all came! aphrabehn, thanks for the compliment, and for the support. I hope your battle with infertility had (has) a happy ending. Arthur… ”
About: Open call: Disturbing pillow talk
May 12, 2009 10:56AM
“It's the "major shift in attitudes" that MTodd mentioned that I'm particularly interested in...and what I'm hoping to instill in the next gen…”
About: Gun vs. Sword
“It's the "major shift in attitudes" that MTodd mentioned that I'm particularly interested in...and what I'm hoping to instill in the next gen…”
About: Gun vs. Sword
May 12, 2009 10:54AM
“So let me get this straight--when I go to the grocery store, I should carry a gun. When I am walking home from work, I should carry a gun. When I am op…”
About: Gun vs. Sword
“So let me get this straight--when I go to the grocery store, I should carry a gun. When I am walking home from work, I should carry a gun. When I am op…”
About: Gun vs. Sword
May 11, 2009 12:06PM
“Leeandra--thanks (again) for your assurances that Em is a good kid. I'm not too worried about him turning into a gangbanger (heaven help me), but I am…”
About: Gun vs. Sword
“Leeandra--thanks (again) for your assurances that Em is a good kid. I'm not too worried about him turning into a gangbanger (heaven help me), but I am…”
About: Gun vs. Sword
May 10, 2009 03:01PM
“"Punishment Muffin" should be the name of a band. A really really loud one that burns rude tourists in effigy as part of the show.”
About: Only her hairdresser knows for sure...
“"Punishment Muffin" should be the name of a band. A really really loud one that burns rude tourists in effigy as part of the show.”
About: Only her hairdresser knows for sure...
May 10, 2009 02:54PM
“Love how the creepiest & weirdest looking art is in your room d' eatin'.”
About: Art in my home (after bbd and Jodi Kasten)...
“Love how the creepiest & weirdest looking art is in your room d' eatin'.”
About: Art in my home (after bbd and Jodi Kasten)...
May 10, 2009 02:50PM
“I love how all of your things have a little story attached to them. And your place never feels cluttered, just cozy.”
About: Art in my home, part two...
“I love how all of your things have a little story attached to them. And your place never feels cluttered, just cozy.”
About: Art in my home, part two...
May 09, 2009 09:25PM
“OK, here are the answers: 1. Yup. 2. Contrary to what #1 would imply, I am deathly afraid of needles. I hoped getting tattoos and piercings would help wi…”
About: Two truths and one lie
“OK, here are the answers: 1. Yup. 2. Contrary to what #1 would imply, I am deathly afraid of needles. I hoped getting tattoos and piercings would help wi…”
About: Two truths and one lie
May 07, 2009 05:45PM
“yes, I am too lame to figure out how to turn the last photo upright...any hints?”
About: Jazz Fest 2009
“yes, I am too lame to figure out how to turn the last photo upright...any hints?”
About: Jazz Fest 2009
Ginny Kaczmarek's Favorites
Updates
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Evan's Rules of Proper Parental Behavior
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Incinerating Chivalry
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Are Children and Elders Better Off?
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Heather Michon, Can 'Slut' Be Reformed? Repost
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Announcing the Salon-Alternet Investigative Fund
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DAY 2 Writing Prompt: It's hairy jus
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Seven Things I'm Not Supposed to Like But Do
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It's All in the Perspective
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