Trigger warning: frank discussion of suicide Ok. I've been sitting on these feelings for a long time, and some of my dear readers have probably heard me rant about this in person, but I have a bone to pick with some… View More

There is something about the moment of truth when kissing someone hard, our hands on each other's bodies, and you encounter fabric when you crave skin. At least for me, there's a flutter of destructive passion, a desire to rip through any… View More

It's December 28th, which means that Christmas is over and I have survived it yet… View More

When I was a teenager, I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. In order to combat depression and take some of the energy out of my mania, over the years I learned the coping… View More

I wanted to write something about some of the songs my exes put on mixtapes for me, or introduced me to, as a way of describing them, and us, and why these songs still sting my heart a little every time I hear… View More

Content warning: frank discussion of abuse, discussion of kink as a healing response to abuse There was a time when I would count my bruises to figure out how bad… View More

I decided this week that I was going to seriously attempt to end two of my "bad habits". I say "bad habits" in quotes because I think that they can be thoroughly enjoyable vices for some.… View More

Trigger warnings: drug use, sexual assault, take this advice with a grain of salt Also… View More