“No one to blame!... That was why most people led lives they hated, with people they hated… How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one’s nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right. You may be fragmented, but you feel absolved of all the blame for it. Take your life in your own hands, and what happen... See more

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it will be a butterfly — R. Buckminster Fuller

To pursue as a woman is to instigate. The word “agency” gets thrown around, but it feels wrung of any glamour or excitement. The woman is chasing. She asks, “What do I want?” Sometimes the answer doesn’t come right away or maybe the destination is far off—like scenes of dinners al fresco, or a life of leisure filled with curb-to-car shoes. The seek

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1. “We tell stories because we have a hollow place in our heart. You don’t fill that with success. You fill it by finding yourself in the stories you tell.”

–Guillermo Del Toro

Though womanist identity was not created for me, I believe that womanism offers great insights into the suffering and potential liberation of the male body. Womanism has influenced how I choose to celebrate my own body and experiences. It reminds me of the importance of loving and compassion within my personal struggle to be liberated from my own r... See more

Perhaps the greatest kindness of Tara is how she reminds me that in order to be free, I must embrace my own suffering and allow it to teach me about the nature of how things really are. In my experience, the practice of Tara is an invitation to experience the divine feminine and to contact a sense of sacred masculinity that transcends racism and pa... See more