
…w many books I read a year and how important it is to me to date other readers. That’s what I want. Honestly, if you asked me what I want most in the world, after a dog, it’s a guy who reads (and loves dogs). I don’t want to negotiate on this.
And, this is basically just a synecdoche for larger society. We’re creating factions of social rejection, where we deem people rapists, or racists, or whatever and render them completely un-redeemable. And yet, as we do this, we make the very situation we’re trying to fix worse and, at the end, isn’t that part of the point?
…support and community support is a major factor in if a painful life event becomes a traumatic one. The more support you have close to the painful event, the less likely it is to become a trauma. By not talking to anyone about my sexual assault for years, I made it influence over my life much m…