This year, in honor of my love (read: obsession) with tea and Polyamory Week, I decided to to talk about some tea aphrodisiacs and share a little slice of life à la Minx about each one I feature. I read up on tea aphrodisiacs from the website of a tea company I absolutely love, SipsBy.… Continue reading tea love
Category: Miscellaneous
self-conscious
https://mybillie.com/pages/projectbodyhair This is kind of random, but my feelings are all over the place these days (rightfully so). But I saw this little advert that was great and it made me think. I go through cycles, struggling with this. My skin is so sensitive and hair is so coarse that no matter what I try… Continue reading self-conscious
colorblindness and other kinds of privilege
"I don't see race." On the surface, this might seem like a harmless statement affirming that race doesn’t matter to you one way or another. You may think you're uber progressive by stating something like this, and that your POC friends applaud you for being such a libertarian or whatever. But what it's really doing… Continue reading colorblindness and other kinds of privilege
bandwidth
The various ways that people differ is so interesting for me; I love talking about how others think and order their lives and then speculate on how that - on how they - came about. Sometimes I think I should have studied sociology, or anthropology, or psychology...then I remember I'm just nosy. Ha! Anywho, since… Continue reading bandwidth
alone
Sometimes, I feel really alone. Not lonely. I have so many lovely people in my life who I'm close to that I feel comfortable going to for most things. And to be honest, I do like being alone - I cherish my alone time when I don't have to be aware and considerate of other's… Continue reading alone
commitment, exclusivity, and NSA
Hands Holding Heart. com·mit·ment /kəˈmitmənt/ the state or quality of being dedicated to a cause, activity, etc.; a promise to give yourself, your money, your time, etc., to support or buy something "the company's commitment to quality"; "her commitment to her students" synonyms: dedication, devotion, allegiance, loyalty, faithfulness, fidelity This post is going to… Continue reading commitment, exclusivity, and NSA
i exist
Eyespace by Delivery_of_Rule_34 (reddit) Recently, I was talking to my core group of friends when I noticed something: Bi-erasure is still a thing, and sometimes it is so ingrained, so subtle, that people don't realize that they are doing it. I'm not sure how we got on the topic of one of my friends' male… Continue reading i exist
beauty
Ugly Duckling, painting by Kimberly Rasar After surviving the terrible high school years with a skin disorder that I learned to manage (mostly), I've generally had moderately clear but VERY even skin. No one would guess that I dealt with years of itching, pills, steroid shots, testing topical ointments, huge pus-filled blisters all over my… Continue reading beauty