I've just finished listening to "Know my name" and have to rave about it. In this book I found so many things I know to be true about a life and a window to a world I have always been afraid to fall into: the one of a victim of rape or sexual assault.
Salt Flats, Bolivia (2012) Hello Daring readers, I have trouble believing that we are indeed in 2020, yet the first month has come to an end. The last few weeks have brought some of the terrifying good things I was eagerly waiting for, and they are already gone. This is not to say that there … Continue reading Dare=Change
...you cannot say, "I respect everyone's right to be themselves" and then say, "please don't mistake me for______." Mistake me away!
Hello readers, Spending time in nature is one my favorite things to do, and apart from the very clear benefits, I think I walk in a park to observe and learn. There is always something to see if you pause and open your eyes: a tiny little detail that you wouldn't have noticed on a … Continue reading Gladly real aka openly imperfect
Photo credit: Roger Arruda Compliments! Do you enjoy receiving them? How do you feel when people say you are pretty/cute/handsome/stunning? What does that kind of compliment mean to you? I never knew how to react to compliments growing up. I always felt undeserving and shy after receiving them. My inner-world mantra became "This is not … Continue reading Not pretty, thank you.
I have no desire to be invisible anymore because I am healing now. I want this body to roar for attention. Androgyny needs to be seen and asserted, not corrected. I want to look the way I look, and pity is not an option. I am lucky to be bald. It reminds me of all the things I am and have been, and the new things I want to be, outside of that perimeter.
Dare to be b@ld 