Sex is a human right, and all people deserve access, including disabled people and elders. Sex is a human right like the right to food, shelter, clothing, medicine, care, spirituality, and consent. Sex as a human right means: privacy to masturbate at home, including...
“Is my skirt in danger of the chain?” I asked. “No,” Ming said. “Am I showing any parts of my body that I’m not supposed to show?” I asked. “No,” Ming said. Those questions are comfortingly repeated toward the beginning of most of our rides. It was our first ride...
Something was very wrong. A big pickup truck was off the road near the dark blue fence and tardis. A car was stopped on the road. Why would someone leave crumpled bike parts on the sidewalk? People were milling around on their phones. An older white man walked away...
breasts are alive Breasts are sentient beings with their own lives. They aren’t inert, rounded lumps of flesh. They make their own judgments. The lymph nodes, milk ducts, fat, skin, fascia, muscle– are living their own needs. The nipples have their reactions to...
I believe in supportive community and want it, but community is one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. I’m going to come out and say that community is how people are supposed to live, and most “mental illnesses” are not diseases, but are actually the fruition of...
What’s the normal thing to say at a funeral, after a miscarriage, when someone’s pet is sick, in the ashes of a housefire, when a parent dies, when a spouse leaves? In culture at large, people avoid their own feelings, and avoid the feelings of their loved ones also....
