Does it hurt, like an emotional bee sting, when somebody doesn’t like our work? Sure. But if we are in the business of writing, or creating any form of art that people enjoy, but don’t need on a daily basis, like water or clothing, if other people can and do produce books or movies or paintings similar to our own, we better get inured to bee-stings, because some people are not going to like our work. Period.
Category: Writing
Sex, Truth, & Open Relationships (Adventures in Datingland)
Good relationships (sexual and otherwise) are all about respecting the autonomy of the other person. The goal should always be not to satisfy yourself, while the other person feels used, betrayed, or hurt (Win-Lose). The goal should be finding a way to satisfy your own needs while the other person also feels satisfied (Win-Win), whether than is in selling a car for a fair price, or entering into a polyamorous relationship.
Malala Yousefzai: Great Sluts in History
As an American, it is sometimes impossible (and other times, all too easy), to imagine what we would do – what I would do – if my beloved country was taken over by religious extremists. Malala Yousefzai doesn’t have to imagine; she’s living it. And she has the bullet wounds to prove it. A SWAT…
Is A Long One Better Than A Short One?
T’aint necessarily so. As most women can testify. How long your piece of writing is (what did you think I was talking about?!) depends on what you’re writing. We’ve all read a book that was meant to be a short story, but somebody put it on the rack and stretched it (and us) out to…