Barrelhouse

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My piece “Beauty Pageant of Earth Orientation Packet” in Barrelhouse begins, “Dear Newborn Baby Girl #3,979,258,451: Congratulations! You are officially registered for the Beauty Pageant of Earth!”

I was sitting with my partner and on tv a man was disparaging a woman’s looks and I said, “HEY GUY, SHE DID NOT ENTER INTO YOUR FUCKING BEAUTY PAGEANT” and looked at my partner and was like, “Hey. I have an idea…”