“So, ladies, here’s a proposition: Do something unexpected. Astonish a bystander with what the men in your life “allowed” or “trusted” you to do. And then inform that astonished witness that your actions sprang not from any Y chromosome in the room, but from your own goddamn, agency-loving, spirited and inspired self. Your first stop should be the voting booth. Move outward from there. Let me know how the experiment goes..”

—excerpted from “My Husband Let Me Write This,” The Sandpoint Reader, 13 Oct, 2022—