I have plenty of desire, I think about sex all the time. But actually finishing doesn’t happen. I’m getting her book

Fact: My sex life, and more specifically the sexual pleasure that I get from sex, from foreplay, from existing in the world with light breezes on my skin and wearing soft cotten t-shirts braless has dramatically increased since I started meditating. It is not why I started meditating and it was not noticeable for…

I lost about 80 lbs over several years. Office Magic’s suggestion is a really good one. Pick like 1 or 2 habits you want to change, and then focus on those. When they become typical behavior instead of something you have to actively work on, add a new habit.

So I forgot to tell y’all a story that happened a few weeks ago!

I hate this narrative of a broken man, once it’s revealed someone sexually assaults or harasses people. A lot of broken men and women do not grow up to be abusers themselves.

But sending that letter so close to the election is unheard of.

On the other, I’m tired of his sanctimonious vibe and essentially tipping the election because he assumed Hillary was going to win.

Problem is they aren’t “takedowns,” it’s just petty bullshit that does nothing to undo the damage of installing Trump in the first place. Comey is bad.

I’m so conflicted. On one hand, I’m loving Comey’s takedowns. On the other, I’m tired of his sanctimonious vibe and essentially tipping the election because he assumed Hillary was going to win.

I don’t know if women bear the brunt, rather, we are also at the intersection of gender (amongst race, class, sexual orientation, and able-ness) which adds layers of complexity, and nuanced experiences. I do know that collectively, society doesn’t provide the space for men and boys to come forward. Sexual assault is…

That was my reaction to the piece as well. I wasn’t sexually abused as a child, but I was emotionally and physically abused by my alcoholic father, severely bullied for my entire public school career, and raped in university. I’ve done a lot of work on it through therapy over the years, but it never quite goes away.…

It is the power of telling one’s own story: we can’t always know who we touch with our honesty, but as a reader, that feeling of being so powerfully seen by reading about someone else who went through what we went through...it is healing. It can even heal the parts of you you didn’t know were broken.

There are times that I mourn the person I might have been - but after a long time I am happier with who I am then I have ever been before.

The ramifications are staggering - even still I’m finding things about myself that I can now recognize as “Ah, that’s because of XYZ from my abusive past”. And it’s less of an issue these days because I can better cope with it - but it’s just so pervasive.

I wouldn’t compare being a lousy boyfriend due to psychological trauma to being a molester or rapist.  

I love his writing, and this really resonates with me. My case isn’t quite the same: I was 20 when I was sexually assaulted, but I had so many of the same feelings. I’m a guy, so of course I should have wanted it, so it didn’t matter that I said no multiple times. I had an erection, so that means I did want it. Hell,…

I wasn’t sexually assaulted as a child, but I definitely suffered other forms of trauma that I’ve been trying to uproot. After years of therapy, years of trying to figure out how to be an actress and all that entails (I’ve learned that I chose acting in order to excavate), I’ve just begun to actually scratch the…

I wish being weak wasn’t an insult. I wish men were allowed to express their need for any help they may require without having the word weak throwback at them like a pejorative. I am so sorry that happened to you, and that our culture made the fallout worse.