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…
Alecia Pennington, Identity Abuse, and Me
When I first saw Alecia Pennington’s video about how she can’t prove her American citizenship, nothing about it took me by surprise. I have friends w…
Being a Perfect Victim
This is a repost from the archives. For an update, see my post "The Pity Accusation." Yesterday, my brother Micah posted on my Facebook tim…
‘Stop Saying We’re Keeping Your Siblings from You.’
This is a repost, as I am in the process of restoring my lost archives. It was originally published January 7, 2015. Last week, my dad sent me an ema…