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Tag Archives: giving up self-hate
Harm at the center
Self-hatred — including, for many of us, internalized homophobia and transphobia — is the harm at the very center of us. Love others as you love yourself, but first: love yourself. Let no one convince you to do otherwise. Continue reading
Posted in depression, Itse, LGBTQA
Tagged giving up self-hate, homophobia, integrity, lgbtq, UAA, Wellesley College
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Alaska Love Poem
In 1984, during my troubled early twenties, I fell in love with a friend of mine. This poem was written to her. But it’s especially a poem about how I came to love myself, & to give up my former self-hatred. Continue reading
Posted in depression, Poems
Tagged aha, giving up self-hate, Lori, love, Night of the Butcher Knife, poem, Sharon, the pit, writing
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Actually, I kinda like clouds…
Clouds are actually really beautiful, when I’m not feeling grey. A little about the aha! experience of 1984, when I permanently came out of my former self-hatred. Continue reading
Posted in depression
Tagged aha, Book of Job, Caprica (TV), clouds, giving up self-hate, grey, poem excerpt, Sylvia, Voice from the Whirlwind
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Ode to Alcohol (poem)
I’m a safe drinker nowadays (& besides, I love this photo, & Midnight Sun Brewery makes some good stuff!), but back in the day I drank waaaaay too much. Yet it played a role in my letting go, eventually, of … Continue reading
Posted in depression, Poems
Tagged aha, alcohol, beer, friends, giving up self-hate, Heidi, Julie, Lori, Midnight Sun Brewing Co., pantoum, poem, Sharon, Village Lounge & Disco, Wellesley College, writing
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A brief spiritual history
In an online group I’m in, the topic came up of our religious/spiritual history, & how it integrates or doesn’t integrate with our sexual orientation as lesbians. Here’s the short version, as written there (with some emendations). 1. Junior high … Continue reading
Posted in depression, No Way Way
Tagged aha, giving up self-hate, god, household gods, intentional belief, Mielikki
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