True love, to me, means I will meet you in the middle. It means that I have to struggle for it. It means that if I mess up, you have every right to walk. My romance keeps me on my toes and forces me to act when I’ve been lazy or blind. Maybe this is easier for me to say now. I do think that our unconditionally blind love for our children forces us to be mindful and care for our own commitment to each other.
I’m really excited about this: Lower East Side Harm Reduction will offer free self defense classes for trans women throughout this summer, from June 3rd til July 1st. Please forward widely!
Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, MD, Late of the Army Medical Department
- a study in seriously holmes do you have to do that right now
- the sign of four methods you could have tried other than that one that nearly got us both KILLED, HOLMES
- the adventure of the speckled ceiling (seriously holmes what is this and how did you get it on the ceiling)
- the adventure of the empty place in your heart where a self-preservation instinct should be
- the final time i will go to the store for you, THE FINAL TIME, HOLMES, DO YOU HEAR ME, IF YOU MAKE ME DO IT NEXT TIME I AM LEAVING I SWEAR TO CHRIST
We stopped freaking out about the “Oh my god, women want to wear pants!” thing a really long time ago. Women wandered into the traditionally masculine realms of self-expression and ambition and now it’s just normal.
Not so with masculinity. It is still as rigid and well defended as ever, despite a few David Bowies or Johnny Depps in the mix. Just look at last year’s total freaking meltdown about a J. Crew catalog that carried a photo of a woman painting her young son’s toenails. Just look at the way the more delicate boys of the world are bullied by their classmates and accused of being gay. Just look at the gender imbalance in the diagnosis of Gender Identity Disorder in children, with gender disordered pre-pubescent boys outnumbering girls at a rate of up to 30 to 1. When a girl is boyish, or even claims she’d rather be a boy, it’s cute. She’s a tomboy. When a boy is girlish, wanting to wear dresses or try on some makeup, it’s a mental disorder and needs an immediate medical intervention.
Those who know others are intelligent;
those who know themselves are truly wise.
Those who master others are strong;
those who master themselves have true power.
Those who know they have enough are truly wealthy.
Those who persist will reach their goal.
Those who keep their course have a strong will.
Those who embrace death will not perish,
but have life everlasting.
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| — | Lao Tsu, Tao Te Ching (transl. McDonald) |
