I have been asking myself this question for years now. And I still don’t have a perfect answer, mostly because it isn’t scary to me. Two people loving each other, regardless of their gender is something that I 100% support.
Spiders scare me.
4 million women a year abused by partners scares me.
Human trafficking scares me.
People toting [...]
According to a recent Gulfnews.com story, an Arab ambassador recently called off his wedding after discovering that his future wife had facial hair.
After quickly ending the betrothal, he then launched a lawsuit against the woman and her family claiming “emotional damage”, and asking for repayment for the gifts (over $120,000) that he [...]
It isn’t often that I find myself inspired by an awards show. It isn’t often that I actually watch an awards show, but I have a roommate, so tonight, by default, I found myself on a couch with the Grammys.
To my surprise I found my passion for redefining gender reignited by a Beyonce performance of “If I [...]
The shootings at Ft. Hood remind each of us about our human vulnerability. People choose violence. Often. And often we are defenseless. But as we grieve the unfathomable violence perpetrated at Ft. Hood, I hope that we will also honor the unfathomable bravery of Sergeant Munley. A woman who risked her own life to end a day [...]
What keeps women from gaining 50 % possession of positions like CEO, professor, writer, politician, general, engineer, and physicist? What keeps women from debunking stereotypes that limit women’s behavior to sex, domestic upkeep, and motherhood?
We get tired from fighting “fat” and “ugly” all the time. We get distracted by our love-handles and our outdated purses. We get [...]
It is imperative to document any form of abuse, pushing, hitting, stalking, grabbing, restraining, threatening etc. If it isn’t written down, the court does not consider a reported event legitimate and witness testimonies become a pallid game of he said she said.
And if the abuser is a senator…..
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/25/nyregion/25monserrate.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
he can make a really really bad excuse: [...]
I was looking at my 13 year old sister’s Facebook page today to check up on the youngins, and keep up with what’s hip with the youths, and I spotted a quiz titled, “how boyish/girlish are you?”. Naturally, I took the quiz.
Turns out that both me and my sister are androgynous.
I had three distinct reactions to [...]
Today I ran into this tent on the side of the Burt Gillman Trail just under I-5. It reads: “Lea! Call your F*!king voicemail”, and there is a heart with a question mark, as if to indicate that Lea needs to make a choice as to whether or not she wants love from this particular [...]
Progress.
I am obsessed with progress.
I can’t get enough.
I never feel enough, and it is getting so bad, that I feel guilty enjoying anything that can’t be explained as an effort towards some GREATER GOAL.
I have the damnest time knowing how to just be.
How to sink my feet into the sand and let the [...]
I was just in Hawaii for vacation last week. It was a beautiful time for me to rest and enjoy the unbelievable sunshine and landscape of Lanai Island. I got time to recharge and to re-set myself in hopes of resting and coming back to work with fresh insight and a more centered sense of [...]