For most of my life, it has seemed like the people who have claimed to love me have loved what were ultimately illusions. Some loved my masks, my performance personas, the art I’ve made from the ashes of my self-discovery. Some loved my blossoms when in bloom but quickly became confused and withdrawn when I… Continue reading Thoughts on love
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“I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself” ― Simone de Beauvoir
For Kirsten
I told you so There is nothing So precious As a sisterhood That softly cautions Of ones ability To disregard Our profound knowing Instead, to fill His jagged caverns Brimmed in untapped dark With the naive light Of our hopeful Imagination
Beauty in the Breakdown
I had come to the title for this piece while it was in progress a couple weeks ago. It’s fitting that I finally finished it today, which was largely spent processing through a complex and incredibly irrational emotional trigger. I figured it out, and figured a few side notes out, too. Like that my ex… Continue reading Beauty in the Breakdown
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“Love is challenging in all its forms. Familial love, love in friendship, love in romance. Love in our relationships with ourselves. There are all sorts of definitions for love, all sorts of ideas about what love is. In All About Love, bell hooks talks about love as “the will to extend one’s self for the… Continue reading Untitled
Bad/failed relationships? READ THIS.
Oof.
This AMAZING article is saying all the stuff I’m living but hadn’t articulated yet.
Preparing us for marriage is, ideally, an educational task that falls on culture as a whole. We have stopped believing in dynastic marriages. We are starting to see the drawbacks of Romantic marriages. Now comes the time for psychological marriages.
http://www.thebookoflife.org/how-we-end-up-marrying-the-wrong-people/
Consent is IDEAL
When I came up with Empathic Consent (aka DELI) back in May, one of the things I wrote about was that I had countless opportunities to practice DELI outside of my sex life. Which is good, cause right now I’m celibate and uninterested in romance, and well, every relationship benefits from both parties understanding what’s… Continue reading Consent is IDEAL
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“Wounds are the means by which we enter each others hearts. Healing is the means by which we remain there.” – Courtnee Fallon Rex
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I am no longer Paralyzed By the prospect Of outgrowing you
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“Do not fall in love with people like me. I will kiss you in every beautiful place, so that you can never go back to them without tasting me like blood in your mouth. I will destroy you in the most beautiful way possible. And when I leave, you will finally understand, why storms are… Continue reading Untitled