I haven't written about music here, because if I did I would probably get very off topic very quickly, but I wanted to share a few thoughts as the more hectic part of my summer comes to a close.
Read MoreI'm trying something different this week.
Read MoreIt sounds bleak. Depressing. Remember you will die. But I see it as one of the most positive statements I've ever heard.
Read MoreThis is a problem because I need to be with them while we laugh, together, so hard we're rolling on the floor. I need to be with them while I look at my feet and talk about what's hurting me. I need to be with them while they tell me their secrets, their passions, their regrets, their mistakes and how they learned from them. But I can't. And I don't know if I ever will.
Read MoreI'm sure she doesn't hold a grudge against me, but I hold a grudge against myself.
Read MoreCommunicating is really hard. Sometimes you can overcommunicate, and that might be just as bad as not communicating enough.
Read MoreSecond, a diagnosis is not an excuse. I can't let myself use it to justify causing intentional harm to others or to myself. It's just a tool that will hopefully help others better understand where I'm coming from, and will possibly help me understand myself better.
Read MoreIf you are not bisexual, you do not get to tell us what our identity is. Full stop.
Read MorePride doesn't have to be about visibility. Pride can be about survival. Pride can be about recognizing that my experience as a nonbinary person can be painful, and allowing myself to feel that pain.
Read MorePansexuality is not about attraction to aliens, or machines, or anything that isn't human. Pansexuality is not promiscuity. Pansexuality refers to attraction experienced by humans for other humans. Yes, definitions of words can adapt and change due to context, but the adaptation of meaning is meaningless if it's not driven by the people to whom the word actually applies.
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