Achy Obejas

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Achy Obejas |Aaron Wojack

A woman felt extremely lucky when she was able to rent a room in Noe Valley after college in 1994. She’s still there.

May 20, 2024 | bombmagazine.org | Kay Gabriel |Achy Obejas

A friend introduces a friend. He’s from a mountain town in another state, and everything about him is normal. The first time he fucks me, he pulls out to come, and then he does it again. Force of habit, avoiding the pregnancy he believes possible, paying me a compliment. Skating on the pleasure of ambiguity, I don’t ask. Picked up at a queer bar, I go home with a guy for unremarkable sex, during which he decides that my vagina is suspiciously shaped. He asks if I had an operation.