I’d follow my therapist into hell (and apparently we may just go there in our next session), but I clash with her one area: that of managing expectations. Much of my restored sanity and contentment has come by lowering my expectations of myself. I quit graduate school, I decided not to pursue Clarion this year, [...]

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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and, to kick things off, I’d like to take issue with the growing prevalence of the word “rape” as a slang synonym for “dominated”, “rocked’, or “killed”. Both I and a friend have recently had Facebook “friends” (which of course could be anyone from a mere acquaintance to a [...]

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