hands on your knees

Toni Morrison on forgiving yourself

You're old, but are you this old?

you don’t need RELIGION to be MORAL. if you can’t distinguish RIGHT from WRONG, that’s not a lack of faith... it’s a lack of EMPATHY

the only thing being “socialised as a boy” taught me was that all men are gay

Very unpopular opinion: we really grew up in the best era to be a kid and the worst era to be an adult.

The world's smallest adult man, Henry Behrens, dances with his cat. October 26, 1956

Resilience and life among the ruins following Israel's 1982 invasion. Beirut, Lebanon, 1982 | Steve McCurry

When you criticize your body (it’s shape, size, function) you’re denying how hard it’s fought to survive. Instead of hating your body, hate what it experienced. Respect it for hosting pain in a world that uses bodies to make money & blames those who don’t adapt well.

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I woke up this morning to an email from Jonathan Ned Katz, the father of gay American history, telling me that my article is in print in The New York Times. I am standing on his shoulders. He paved the way for so many of us to do this work. Thank you, Jonathan! When the piece

Sex leads to emotional attachment. This is why it can never be “casual”

shane hollander to ilya rozanov at the 2017 tampa bay all stars weekend

― Gabriela Mistral