As a shock even to me, I've stuck with running for six weeks now. Generally exercise and me last a few weeks and then have a mostly amicable breakup. But not running apparently. (I'd say we're together for the long run, but that would be to terrible even for me.) I've found I look forward to getting outside and moving. I was seriously bummed ( Read more... )

And Why "It Get's Better" Totally Triggers Me ( Read more... )

There is a discussion occurring in my head that has leaking into being a household discussion about how assumptions regarding people, specifically women, shape perceptions of their physical appearance ( Read more... )

On a day created to celebrate mothers I walked through the day feeling deeply alone and often empty. My own mother isn't dead, but she is cut out of my life. She made her choices for years not based on her child's best interest, but on her own desires. And then she lied about it... to everyone. She accidentally admitted to lying last year, but ( Read more... )