rage bubbles over when it's crowded in. I've felt so much constriction of pain, short-sighted interventions trying to mop up the overflow of fear, hurt, anger. we need more spaces for healing, more spaciousness in general around the pain. I'm living in Atlanta in the summer of 2020 right now,

I am a disabled person in love with disabled people. And it's amazing to me no matter how many times we move through the cycle of "ugh, why am I broken, I hate myself" to "Ugh, why is the world broken, I hate it" I'm always surprised when I'm gently

mild steven universe: the movie mentions below, not spoilery, but mentioned September 18, 2019 Transcript "Hey Today I think I want to talk about Spectrum. Spectrum was a trans community choir that started in 2015 in Atlanta. It was founded by Geena Phillips, and I first heard about it at

September 14, 2019 8:00am Transcript The past couple of weeks have been absurd in how chaotic and tumultuous they’ve been. That’s the first thing I need to stay. Yesterday was a harvest moon on Friday the 13. Right now we’re at the end of the first

so, one of the scenes at the end of the latest season of Pose reminded me that I haven't had a book of meaningful contacts since around 2007. that's when facebook started to serve me as a convenient replacement for my address book/rolodex/contact list/etc. the book of

my most recent experience with therapy, one of the phrases i picked up from my therapist and found very useful for myself when i was grasping desperately for an understanding of my own boundaries was the phrase "emotionally unsafe". at the time it was transformative for me to even have

i used to come with a bunch of warnings on the tin. i'm co-dependent. i'm anxious avoidant. i'm traumatized. i found power in the names for these patterns. i've found tremendous power in supporting people in naming their patterns with them. but as i get closer to people and find

i landed in san francisco for the first time around 10am friday morning. I had a surreal ride into the local office for the company i work for, and i arrived to find that it was unwellness day at the office, a day of excess and 80's nostalgia. that explained