Hello, reader. How are you doing? I would like to tell you about my mustache, gender, and how that whole experiment is going. gender What’s your gender? I’ve wished for a long time that we could all have our own gender, and it didn’t need a name. Or that we could do away with gender… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing today? Are you snug in your home? Ming and I are traveling. I want to tell you what I learned in Seattle. travel Travel is letting in a lot of info. I open the gate–nature, culture, people, freewayscapes, trying to eat well on the road, and all sorts of… Read More »
“What’s the difference between support and enabling?” Ming asked me. “It’s support when your therapist likes it, and it’s enabling when your therapist doesn’t like it,” I said. Ming laughed–he liked that distinction. “It’s support when you’re helping people do ‘good’ things, like exercise and go to the doctor and talk about their feelings. It’s… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? My friend is becoming a certified fitness instructor. They asked me how to be inclusive of body types and abilities. Yes, fitness can push me out. I do Ample Movement yoga these days, which is respectful and healing. And I’ve had other good yoga experiences over the past 30… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? I hope you’re happy and well and free from suffering. If you are not happy, well, and free from suffering, I hope you have tons of support. I’m thinking about support words. What words do you like to give others? What do you like to hear, when you need… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? I’ve been thinking about my basic needs for close relationship. Ming and I have lived in Kalapuya land for almost a year now. I’m getting to know this biome and this town, and we’re forming alliances. I need to be close to people who treat me in ways… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you? What do you think is beautiful? Is fitting into a gender box important to your life and success? I like genderfucking. That’s when you play with gender intentionally and subversively. We can do better than restrictive roles. A motivation for genderfucking is cultural change. I like modeling that another way… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? My housemate was telling me a story in the kitchen. We were cooking our last dinner together before they left our community. When someone’s telling me a story, I like to interrupt them. I say–wait, wait. Can I guess what’s going to happen? It’s a bad habit. May be… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you? Are you curious about activist relationships? I define activist as anyone who has a vision for a better world and works toward it. ask Ming “How would you define activist?” I asked Ming. “Motivated by a cause,” said Ming. “Someone who takes action, for a cause? I dunno–seems like there… Read More »
Hello, reader. How are you doing? Did you read my post about pain, a while back? It includes a list poem. I enjoyed thinking about my pain and cataloging it. Afterward I remembered many pains that didn’t make it to the list. And there’s something else I wanted to tell you about introception. Also pain… Read More »