"People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that's bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they're afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But ( Read more... )

 when society fails to write your story, there is an unspoken message that the story is not worth telling.

Jennifer Beals

I don’t know how about you, but writing about the mainstream is just plain boring to me. Since I began writing I’ve always looked for something a little more edgy, more obscure, polemic, unsaid even. These are the real ( Read more... )