While at the Creating Change conference this year, I attended a day-long workshop on sexual liberation, facilitated by Ignacio Riviera and Aredvi Azad. The presenters talked about the idea of “sexual harm” as an addition to our conversations about sexual violence....
Music is a powerful tool for regulating emotions. When we’re alone in the car, or wearing headphones on the bus, what songs do we use to release pent-up tears, or let out our rage, or remember an important moment with a loved one? Sometimes music moves us in ways that...
The Trans Rights Readathon is an annual event from March 21-31, ending on Trans Day of Visibility. It is both a call to action to read and support trans books as well as a decentralized fundraiser for trans organizations. At FORGE, we were inspired to talk about...
Transcript: Hello, everyone. This is Ryan Sallans, and this vlog that I’m providing is “Reflections on Eating Disorders and Trauma.” I hope that this can assist those that are currently struggling, or those that have family or friends that are...
Keep pushing. Just push through. Fake it til you make it. No pain, no gain. Phew. There are a lot of messages I’ve gotten throughout my life that have tried to tell me that the only way to learn, to grow, and quite frankly to exist, is to always be striving, trying...
Quiet moments with food sizzling on the stove. Reading a book to learn carpentry. Tailoring clothes. This is how I spend most of my time while playing Project Zomboid, a post-apocalyptic survival game, whenever I’m not frantically fighting off the mob. Unless I’m...
