Summer — Divine

Because personal agency is as important as love — I don’t make predictions because they undercut the very agency which you need to be able to write your future. Say what? Isn’t that what a Tarot reading is all about? Not anymore. The most painful thing in life is not to be loved. …

Writing prompts can reveal the durndest things Inspired by Ricky Lewis’ fifteen minute writing prompt that was inspired by Fahri Karakas’ prompt. This is the first sentence; it will be stricken later. It is there because by writing what comes, the space is created for something meaningful to appear, like…

Do Men Need More Loving Support to Resolve the Patriarchy? After writing my article, An Open Letter to All the Lovely Men, I started to wonder if I should direct more of my writing and love towards men in particular. Didn’t the many good men of the world need to…

Do identities change over time? On the first day of school, stepping from the black VW my mother bought with the proceeds from a lottery win, a boy remarked on my school bag. “How ugly,” he scoffed. It was an omen. …

You, lovely man, can help even though the following isn’t your fault — It’s not you! But certain men have become the destroyers of the world. How can you help? By becoming a Trojan horse and changing the culture from within. Have you noticed that information outlets often use passive language when calling out the causes for the problems of our time? For…

I questioned whether I’m entirely for abortion — I’m not entirely for abortion, I was thinking yesterday. If they overturn Roe, would it be so bad? What about the sweet little babies that now would live? What was I thinking?! This morning, I woke up to the news. My reaction: Wow! They really did it! The Republican justices…

As uncomfortable as it feels, I’m glad I did — Some thoughts for Pride month. When I log into my favorite online cookbook, this profile picture greets me. It always feels like coming home. I believe until this lifetime, I preferred incarnating as male and that’s why the female form feels uncomfortable. …

These feelings are a sane response right now — Germans call it Weltschmerz, the pain caused by the suffering of the world. To feel this global pain is a completely normal and appropriate emotional response to the world’s current state of affairs. When you feel Weltschmerz long enough, it is natural that some of it will turn into cynicism…