Ally Malinenko

Hey World. I’d like you to meet Sarah

I clam up when I’m upset. It’s a frustrating problem to have because when you have someone sitting across from you willing to listen and you have so much you need to say and you just…..can’t. I imagine I look an awful lot like guppy, my mouth just opening and closing. What I can do… Continue reading Hey World. I’d like you to meet Sarah

The Future Is Female: The Women’s March on Washington

It is indeed. The trip to Washington was incredible and life changing and also unsettling and just the beginning of the conversation. So let’s start at the beginning. On Saturday morning we hit the Shady Grove DC Metro stop and found this: A very very large crowd trying to get into the train station. We… Continue reading The Future Is Female: The Women’s March on Washington

Day Zero: Shipwrecked in TrumpLand

And here we are… I watched some footage of Michelle Obama taking her last walk through the White House. Insta-tears. I told my husband this morning that even if Hillary had won, I would still be mourning the loss of MY President. Regardless, here we are. So where are we? Well we did a little… Continue reading Day Zero: Shipwrecked in TrumpLand

Bugger off 2016

First off, a quick thank you and shout out to Rebecca at Albany Poets for this amazing review of Better Luck Next Year Even though Malinenko is discussing how cancer changed her life, her multi-dimensional self-exploration allows the reader to appreciate how any life altering experience can disturb the way we once saw ourselves… Continue reading Bugger off 2016

Love Wins.

And as November wears down and the final month of this year begins I feel the need to reflect on the few good things that happened this month. Because the rest of it has been pretty goddamn awful with no end in sight. 1. Some horrible person spray painted a swastika on playground with the… Continue reading Love Wins.