No es tan bravo el león como lo pintan.
I have had a pain in my right side since I got home about thirty minutes ago.
May 17, 2012 by Debbie
It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
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April 5, 2012 by Debbie
desiderare, patior
Passion comes from the Latin patior, meaning to allow or to submit, but also to endure and, perhaps most interestingly, to suffer.
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November 24, 2011 by Debbie
“I am proposing that we organize.”
I am not proposing that sexual violence and domestic violence will no longer exist. I am proposing that we create a world where so many people are walking around with skills and knowledge to support one another that there is no longer the need for anonymous hotlines.
I am proposing that we break through the shame of survivors (a result of rape culture) and the victim-blaming ideology hared by all of us (also a result of rape culture) so that survivors can gain support from the people already in their lives. I am proposing that we create a society where community members care enough to hold an abuse accountable so that a survivor does not have to flee their home. I am proposing that all of the folks that have been disappointed by systems work together to create alternative systems.
I am proposing that we organize.
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September 29, 2011 by Debbie
Knowing is half the battle
En los nidos de antaño, no hay pájaros hogaño
How … Freudian of you, my darling.
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July 14, 2011 by Debbie
Anger Identities
I’ve briefly mentioned the conflict between religious and sexual identities in my page on homosexuality in the Bible, and I’d like to expand on that today. Here’s a quote for you guys to think about while I go off on my tangent for Thursday Therapy (been a while since we’ve had one of those, eh?):
[W]hen it comes to the internal conflict between sexual orientation and religious identity, the position that one can be easily adjusted while the other one is inherent or “right” can be damaging to the client.
- Rachel, Autostraddle Author
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