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She Never Intended To Get Involved — But It Was Unstoppable.

This is why he couldn’t spend the night. This is why he peeled out of her driveway, misunderstanding her resistance to letting him stay, as one of disinterest. Not having any clue it was born from fear and embarrassment.

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The Girl Who Jumps Fences.

… it’s not my fault. It’s not your fault. It’s not our fault. We’re not victims. We’re not survivors. We’re human beings who’ve been through some fucking awful shit. Some of the worst. We experienced some of the most obscene acts of depravation one human being is capable of inflicting upon another.

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Divine Derelicts Love You Anyway.

Divine Derelicts: you never know when someone is going to become one. Some of the most wildish and powerful men and women I’ve ever known, people who intervened on my behalf when I was too young, too confused, too sick or too blind, have been Divine Derelicts on both sides of the ...

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Mary Was A Scarlet Woman.

Much of biblical history would like to cast Mary as little more than a bit player in story about God and men. For their part, the church fathers would like to dress her up in a suitably modest robe, confine her to the narrow dictates of a false kind of purity and then send her off to do the ...

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Warning: I’m Unyogic… Apparently.

By Michael Joseph

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When Addiction Is An Act of Bravery And Self-Love.

By Abby Pingree

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Sweet Carnal Indulgence: My Own Shades Of Grey.

I do not yet know how to write this story, or even to imagine it. I am a woman standing on the edge of the only world I have ever known. I am looking out into the great unknown. There isn’t even a bridge to be built between worlds. In reality, there is only the faintest hint of something new ...

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To Love a Winged Woman.

Learn from her to dance upon currents of air, to close your eyes halfway against the wind, and to become drunk on spaciousness. Experience ecstasy as you sweep, swirl, swivel and swerve upward.