November 2016 | Rebelle Society

Brave Rebels: Facing the Holidays with Healthy Defiance.

I’m all for crossing the gaps and building bridges over the wide divides. However, this Thanksgiving dinner may, for many, be a bit premature and not the right forum. It all depends on your family, the group dynamics at the party, and the loose cannons present who may make it hard for others to ...

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Time to Unleash our Dragons.

What does my dragon spirit guide's behavior tell me? While elitism, classist prejudice, stereotyping and neglect can most certainly explain the many unexpected 'revenge votes' of this election, I think what's really at play, and what will be under continuous threat of being trumped this entire ...

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Kali Takes America: I’m With Her.

On election night, as the results were projected onto the Empire State Building, all I could see was Kali’s fierce stare. This was déjà vu. This time, Kali took America.

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Living by the Sea. {poetry}

Is it worth it to live this way? She ponders some days Why can’t I grow a shell like the crabs and turtles that live here? Why must I be so vulnerable to the Sea?

you & me

Choosing Convenience Over Love.

In a time when we are exposed to, and can have relationships with, a population of people around the world never before imaginable, why then turn around and limit ourselves because of this very same geographical distance?

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Inside the Mind of a Mad Scientist: The Incredible Importance of Personal Science.

Personal science isn’t an excuse to do something reckless. I don’t, for example, recommend drinking a test tube full of precancerous bacteria. I do, however, believe that executing your own experiments, and having a willingness to try things, will make your life better.

you & me

Connecting with My Inner Witch.

I have faced death since the hour I was born. I seek the inner power of the rulers I was named for, to make bold eye contact instead of looking at the ground.

you & me

What Being Ace Means to Me: Asexual Musings.

I don’t need to defend myself, but I feel I need to advocate for us asexual middle-agers who -- despite who we were before, whatever the hell came before, who we fucked, loved, identified as, whatever -- are whole now.

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Whatever Transforms You is True: Finding Your Spiritual Rock.

However much we, or someone else, might recommend a path or perspective, we have to make our own spiritual experiments, and become our own scientists of the soul.

you & me

Burning My Shame in the Fire of Self-Acceptance.

My shame tells me I am wrong, not enough, not perfect. It often reminds me of my past mistakes, the times in my life that I have not been seen, chosen, accepted, understood or validated. When I try to expand, it asks me, "Who do you think you are?"

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