Recovering Hipster Dude?
Here’s a pretty good post at Festival of Patience chronicling one man’s recovery of his ruggedness. Brought a tear to my eye.
Why I Don’t Write Heartbreak Songs Anymore
i used to think my pain meant something more than that i was a fool i used to think some guys were evil out there in the dating pool i used to think when someone hurt me they meant to do me some harm but now i know it’s human nature in life’s factory farm how can…
Myth: BDSM Attracts the Ugly
We have some interesting conversations in the abyss. Yet again though, a post delving into the Freak Zone (in which I’m carrying a V.I.P. card) has inspired the regurgitation of some popular myths in the comments. One of them is that BDSM is particularly attractive to ugly people who can’t get laid. Yeah, I know…
The Promise
Looks like I’ll be keeping that little promise I made to myself not to have sex again until I’m done losing weight. My boyfriend or whatever has better things to do than call or write to me when he says he will, and I know what that means. Eventually I’m going to get a message…
The Amazing Twisted Sister
Step right up, folks! Welcome to a world where disagreement in a discussion means harassment, following a link means cyberstalking, and posting a photo, even by mistake, in your blog without wasting the author’s bandwidth is a copyright violation warranting shutting down your site. This is the world of Bene Viera, a writer on Essence.com. As you…
It is ON! Essence Forum Discussion on Bene Viera’s Thought Policing
Updated July 28, 2014 A few years ago, I started a discussion at the Essence.com community forum entitled Should a Black Man Be Allowed to Disagree? What set it off was Bene Viera and some others deciding that Obsidian didn’t have the right to speak his mind about the state of relationships in the African American community.…