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all social media becomes blogging: digital storytelling
I love how all social media, if it encourages group conversations and lives long enough, becomes blogging: digital storytelling. Whatever social space feels like home, that's where people will tell their stories ( Read more... ) -
for me, love and trust are separate
For me love and trust are almost completely separate, because I've learned that someone can have absolutely the best intentions and have ethics that I completely agree with, and yet they don't know themselves well enough for me to trust what they say: they can be wrong, or bad at predictions, etc. I can love them, and still not be able to trust ( Read more... ) -
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Marriage is not an expression of love, it's a legal contract. There are a few good reasons to sign a legal contract binding you to someone, but love is NOT one of them.
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announcement: I'm now an omnivore
I'm not a vegetarian anymore ( Read more... ) -
self-care is necessary: figure out your needs and the symptoms of going without
If I could teach every empathetic person one relational/emotional skill, it would be making self-care a priority that comes first at LEAST half of the time. Constant caretaking without sufficient rest is damaging for the caretaker, the one who is being taken care of, and the relationship itself ( Read more... ) -
I downloaded the new LJ app
So far I like it much better than the old one for reading my friends page, but the post editor is bleh. I'll probably still write in color note and then copy paste in here, if I use the app to post.
Ugh no, I just realized you can't even choose an icon in this post editor?!?! Terrible!!
Ugh and the tags don't work.
P.s. if you hate people using the ( Read more... ) -
don't fucking spy on your kids
icon: "snarling (a photo of a snow leopard snarling in profile with teeth bared, whiskers back, and ears flattened)"As a parent, you do NOT have the right to spy on your child NO MATTER WHAT. I don't care if they are suicidal or doing drugs, that doesn't give you the right to spy on them. You don't have the right to read their email or diary or ( Read more... ) -
my body parts don't have any gender
icon: "bodylove -- me (belly goddex)" (my bare belly and breasts covered in colorful washable marker drawings with spirals on my breasts and a butterfly over my belly button)"My g-cup boobs are not feminine and do not become so when I put them in a bra. My wide hips are not feminine and do not become so when I put on a skirt. My body hair is not ( Read more... ) -
people make their answer based on the question given, whether it's gender or ice cream
icon: "curious (my face, looking straight forward with one eyebrow up and a sideways smile, head tilted down a little)"Asking someone "are you a man or a woman?" is as illogical and leading as asking "what is your favorite flavor of ice cream, chocolate or vanilla? Circle one." When you ask a question and specify only two possible answers, almost ( Read more... ) -
there is no "safe space" from oppression: instead we need a safer space where we grow and learn
icon: "Renenutet (a relief carving of Renenutet, represented as a winged cobra, overlaid with a fractal coloring)"There is no way to exclude oppression by sorting according to identity. There is no space that is safe for all people in it no matter how specific you get, because oppression is such a tangled web of interconnected forces ( Read more... )