Note: this article discusses consensual sex and uses examples of types of sex but does not have detailed descriptions. In the US, mainstream culture has a confusing relationship to sex. On one side, there’s pressure for everyone to want sex and to be sexual. On the...
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...
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...
I’ve been writing versions of this over and over for months. To face the many challenges in our world today: climate disasters, violence, fascism, scarcity, and more, we are called to embrace community and connection. Mutual aid asks us to get to know the people...
Winter is a tough time for many people. As we deal with time changes, weather changes, the sun setting earlier, too cold weather or not cold enough weather, and the uncertainty of the future, many of us are also dealing with seasonal affective disorder, heightened...
