Trying to find strength in gentleness

Ever since I was a child, I've been sensitive to the feelings of others. I've always been in touch with my own feelings. Cried at seeing others in pain, especially children or animals. In a world where we hear things like "the sin of empathy" or how having compassion for those struggling is apparently a …

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When Love Becomes Resistance

Writer's note and TW : It took me most of the afternoon and evening to write this post. There's so much I wanted to write, but I found myself deviating from the core topic, since the current events I'm referring to have multiple topics interwoven. So to avoid this post becoming dissertation-length, I've tried to …

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What does it mean to say I love you?

What does it mean to say, 'I love you'? Is it the calming hand on a shoulder, or taking them into your arms? Or you into theirs? Is it that glance across the room at them at a party? That familiar glint in their eye, of admiration, lust, friendship and a connection much deeper than …

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