Insecurity Level 9001
Sometimes this thing happens where to the outside eye, I am perfectly normal Maya doing perfectly normal things and feeling perfectly normal ways about them, but inside I’m trying to keep from drowning...
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People want the rugged authenticity of being different without actually being punished for it — and I understand why they do it. I recognize the insecurity. Just a decade ago, my peers were flinging...
View ArticlePeople aren’t h…
People aren’t homes. You can’t buy them or own them. You can’t renovate them to be whatever you want or need according to your changing desire or expectations. You can’t dump your shit all over their...
View ArticleFirst instance of #croptopsummer2k14 has been a success
I was unsure about packing the crop top. The #doubtseverything voice in my head tried to convince me that Maine wouldn’t be warm enough for it anyway, but at the last minute I opened my suitcase back...
View ArticleEve Rickert, on emotional outsourcing
One of the most common—and devastating—relationship mistakes a person can make is to assume, “I am feeling bad, so that means someone has done something bad to me.” Sometimes it’s true: abuse happens,...
View ArticleTristan Taormino, on telling your partners the truth
When we tell the truth about who we are, what we need and want, and how we feel, it helps us feel connected to people and form deep bonds with them. Telling the truth is not always easy, especially...
View ArticleFranklin Veaux, on jealousy management
It requires believing, even if your fear is telling you otherwise, that your partner is with you because your partner wants to be with you. If you start with the assumption that your partner wants to...
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