Boiling Over, Bubbling Hot

By Margit Detweiler

My quick history of hot…

Sticking to vinyl car seats

Trying to leap over the heater (still have the scar)

Bare feet on a baking sidewalk

Bare feet on burning sand

“So hot you’re cool, so cool you’re hot.”

Glimpse of a shoulder

Ice cube stroked down a neck

First morning cup of black coffee

The glowing orange tip of a lit cigarette

A particular taco I had in Austin in 1992

“So take off all your clothes…”

Subway armpits

Blackout in NYC. 2003. No electricity. No A/C. 

Laying on the bed listening to a 20-year old Walkman, drenched

A deep kiss at 2.a.m.

Capsaicin to ease knee pain

Jalapeno-spiked margarita in Mexico City

Boob sweat. Gross.

Scrambling over red rocks in Sedona

Noodles from a night market

Chemo drugs searing across my chest, lungs

Dripping wet pillow case

“It’s 116 in Portland!”

Watching two 23-ish-year-olds kiss on Love Island

“Alexa, what are things that are hot?”

“The sun and fire”

August, 2021

This month, we’re turning up the temp for some sweaty storytelling:

• Stacy London on her first hot flash
• After a tighty-whitey incident, Jamiyla Chisholm leaves hot yoga behind
• Letisha Marrero can’t handle the “CALOR!”
• When was the last time you felt sexy? Laurie White asks seven women
• And over on TueNighters, we’ll be hosting a night of “WTF” night of questions about Menopause with Dr. Anna Barbieri, M.D.

Stay cool y’all, it’s a scorcher.

xo,

Margit

Originally Published August 3, 2021.