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

Responding to harm is complicated. Communities are complicated. In a dominant culture that insists that we be independent and individualists, where we believe some people are disposable and some people deserve violence, where efficiency matters so much and folks who aren't productive are seen

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"

Thoughts on ethical love Everyone deserves healing, and we need healing so we can love. Love is a part of healing.To love is to be in the process of your own growth & the growth of another.You were born whole. And like

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

September 14, 2019 8:00am Transcript Hi it’s Zen And right now I’m in a parking lot at Mountain Park Park in Lilburn waiting on a Tinkergarten class to start today that I’m going to be going to with Iyla, Rohan,

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

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/

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

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