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A Request for Help On Behalf of a Friend
Every year hundreds of thousands of people end up houseless, often because of situations and events out of their control. Today I sat down with my friend R.C. Murphy to discuss her issue with being houseless, and while you read this I thought you might like to listen to our conversation. This is a bit…
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Sober Brown Girls
Every once in a while I’m going to be posting Brown Girl Bloggers to a list of…well you get the idea. Our first is Sober Brown Girls, which is a great blog for those who are looking for support while being women of color. Sobriety is not something that a lot of women of color…
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A New Week: What Can We Do To Make Sure We Don’t Drain Ourselves Empty?
This week I am encouraging all of us to take breaks when we need them. Today I slept until one pm – I mean I woke up around nine and then I went the fuck back to bed, because it’s Sunday, and I don’t have to work myself into an early grave just so I…
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Seven Steps Ahead…Two Steps Back…so Five?
So yesterday I saw my life coach, and we talked about what I want to do moving forward. I have a lot of projects on the go and as I’ve mentioned in previous posts I’m a little insecure about whether or not I’m going to pull them off successfully, but that’s because I haven’t really…
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January 6th, 2022: A Year Later, Not A Day to Celebrate but a Day We’ll Never Forget
I can’t remember the last time I felt this…hopeless. Today I am sitting here listening to the reporters and journalists talking about what it was like to be at the Capitol Building on the day that thousands of people hijacked American democracy in honor of Donald Trump’s ego and I am angry. I am still…
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How To Date A Survivor: Part One
I’ve been thinking about dating a lot lately, not because I want to, but because I am so against the idea of dating, that I am genuinely curious if it’s because I’m not ready yet, or because I’m afraid to let myself be ready. So I thought since this whole website is about ensuring my…
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Trauma Therapy Should Be A Part of Your Medical Disability
I don’t have access to trauma therapy. I have a psych nurse who will repeat herself five times in the same conversation, and an amazing Psychiatrist who will listen to me ramble, before offering me pills, but when it comes to trauma? I’m handling that largely on my own. I might be much further ahead,…
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All Those Who Are Not Pure Must Be Denied: An Argument for Religious Conditioning Being Bullshit
I’m watching Queens. I’ve been waiting to watch this show forever, for an entire show to be about Black women calling themselves “Nasty Bitches,” to be on Primetime slots in Canada, is pretty fucking huge, especially since Black women are the most under-represented women in this country. In one scene, Jill is told by her…
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Are You Going to Fight? OR Throw The Match?
Yesterday I talked a lot about what comes next and believing in myself and tonight as I write this I’m thinking about all those fighters in the legal and not so legal world of professional fighting, that are asked to throw matches after years of hard work to get where they are, which is never…
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Holy Crap Year Five is around the Corner: If You’re Going To Stand for Anything, Stand for Dumplings
Like Fast and Furious, I honestly thought we’d ever get to hang out together for an entire five fucking years. I swear to the universe, I thought I’d have been murdered long ago, and the fact that I am still here is proof that not only does God exist, but he/she/they/them have a wicked sense…
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An Exciting Time of the Year…Filled With Potential
I guess I never really thought about how important January is to me. January is the month of new beginnings, of brand new starts, seedlings, and fresh life. I know that some people think of spring as all of that, but January is the start of the cycle. January is the end of the old,…
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