ever since i was young, i’ve felt like i was from a different culture, and was dropped into this one by a stork. somewhere along the way, i decided to stick by this, and honor the integrity of my original culture, and not get too deep into this dominant culture that i still feel like … Read more
i passed 3 tween girls doing a coordinated dance for tiktok on a walk recognition: that’s me. memory: when i was a kid, i wanted to play jump rope and hand-clapping games with the girls, instead of kickball and four-square. the boys were always trying to win, and would spike the ball; girls were smiling … Read more
here’s the thing that’s so hard to reconcile as i move into the last third of my life: as much as i appear to my peers to overshare about my inner life, i feel like a tentative teenager when i consider the world i thought i would find myself in as an adult human, growing … Read more
I’m 60Mf (that’s how I’ve been indicating a male-presenting femme-relating person). I’ve always known that I’m different on the inside, and I’m so glad that it is becoming normalized to express ourselves about the nuances of our experiences relative to gender. I’ve also recently been diagnosed AuDHD, and that has really helped me understand a … Read more
all the little things you do are done for love. don’t doubt it. shout about it. shout about the things you do for love. (it’s about the little things) little things are moved toward love. (If you are moved, move the little things toward love) love this, sweetie lovethislovethislovethislovethislove
When one offers a request for respect(reasonable)one seems to hear a demand for compliance(white) When one offers an invitation to consider(black)one seems to hear a demand to comply(unreasonable) One suspects that somewhere between reasonable offerings(black)and unreasonable demands(white)there’s a place one meets (not just grey, but infinitely colorful, including all the greys and colors) (if there’s … Read more
i’ve always wanted a friend who would send poems to my inbox and lately i’ve been sending poems to my inbox and opening them and reading them aloud, in my mind and wowthey’re really goodi’ve got this friend
i don’t knowif it’s funnyor sad that people can reada poem from a hundredyears ago and laughbut when their friendwrites a poem they worry abouttheir mental health (whose mental healthare they worried about?) even people wholove the blues,which is often funny and sad:that’s the bluesin a nutshell. who doesn’t feelfunny and sad?and who doesn’t love … Read more
Here’s a bite-sized piece maybe someone can digest and apply across a spectrum of environments (if someone’s mind is flexible enough): There are people sitting next to you (or maybe even you) for whom a click of a button on a website unleashes a host of unexpected sensory and cognitive attacks, in the form of … Read more
