Bare Feet on Broken Ground
Archive restoration note: in this post I referred to God as "Infinite One," but I no longer believe in a higher power or intelligent design.…
Purity Culture and My Sexuality
Re-upload note July 2018: I originally pissed my family off by coming out as a Christian ally to gays and lesbians, notwithstanding the education I ha…
To the Imperfect Ones
“I thought the reason I wasn’t happy, why I didn’t fit in, was because there was something wrong with me. I wasn’t doing it right, I wasn’t trying har…
Compassion as a Prerequisite to Questioning
I used to really hate emotion. I didn’t think it was logical to trust your feelings. What do your emotions know? They’re just a distraction or an obst…
When Positivity is the Problem
The mask I’m grieving is a forced smile. This makes therapy difficult, because many of the solutions to depression include focusing on the positive.…
Grieving the Mask
This post was originally uploaded on March 3, 2015. It is part of the restored archives. I wait for the opportunity to get away, and I step out into…
How I Got Burned Out On Current Events and Politics by Age 19
Trigger warnings: current events and politics “By voting, you are complying. You are complying to a preexisting system. I think we need real signific…
Drinking from the Final Straw
Trigger warnings: alcohol abuse, child abuse, graphic descriptions “We were addicted to the blueprint But we threw it in the flames and now we’re nev…
February 21 - A Letter to Anastasia Steele
“Emotions aren’t that hard to borrow When love’s a word you never learned…” -Avril Lavigne, Give You What You Like, 50 Shades of Grey Soundtrack Dear…