The Difference Between Being In Love And Being In Love With Love
When you are in love with love, you are in the relationship for its benefits, and you cower away from more difficult aspects.
The 25 Things That Will Make You Happy At 25
My Home Is Your Body
I would lay down in the crook of your arm and feel like I was finally somewhere that wanted to have me. I never felt more beautiful, more desired, more comfortable in my environment.
The 22 Most Important Things About Being A Human
Being able to tell the difference between when a friend is joking around about something, and when they are actually trying to talk about something really serious that they are afraid/embarrassed to let other people know about.
25 Things I Am Still Learning At 25
There’s no perfect path for your life that you have yet to uncover. You simply must “do you.” This takes endless sacrifice and a hell of a lot of heart.
12 Dating Behaviors I’m Done With
How To Tell If You Are Ugly
We know that looks aren’t important, but we still dress a certain way for a job interview or a date. It isn’t important, but it is.
How My Boyfriend And I Deal With Each Other’s Sexual Pasts
The Five Worst Sexual Encounters I’ve Ever Had
She was my waitress at some restaurant and I jokingly left her my business card, not thinking she’d actually text me.
8 Zen Master Stories That Illustrate Important Truths
Just as an empty boat that rams into us isn’t targeting us, so too people who act unkindly are driven along by the unconscious force of their own wounding and pain.
60 People On ‘The Best Lame Joke’ They Know
I’d like to give a big shout out to all the sidewalks for keeping me off the streets.
All The Straight Guys I’ve Ever Slept With
Everyone thinks gay guys pursue straight guys, trying to “make” them gay. But let me tell you, I don’t pursue straight guys like that. Sometimes, it’s the straight guys who pursue us.
Why Women Shouldn’t Be Ashamed Of Their Leg Hair
In second grade I discovered that body hair on women is considered undesirable in the United States.
The Breakup Letters of 5 Famous Writers
A woman is jealous only when she has nothing, but I who am the most loved of all women, what can I be jealous of?
Good Sex And Erotic Power: Why We Need To Lose Virginity And De-Center Marriage
Too many religious communities, the one in which I grew up included, prize–more than service to and advocacy for the oppressed–pre-marital virginity. To “lose your virginity” before your wedding day is to relegate yourself to the margins of the congregation–shame and self-loathing your near-constant companions.
How To Read More — A Lot More
Reading must become as natural as eating and breathing to you. It’s not something you do because you feel like it, but because it’s a reflex, a default.
