Category Archives: Srs Bznss

What it says on the tin. My musings about serious stuff: feminism, reproductive rights, childfree issues, etc.

This week in ARGH

So. I spent the last week trying, as an experiment, to only post positive things on social media. I mostly succeeded (drinking + early season one of the new Scooby-Doo = bitching about Velma being a horrible abusive gf to … Continue reading

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Food Poisoning of the Brain

Written for the In Good Company Project. It wasn’t the first time, and it won’t be the last: curled up in front of the toilet, praying my stomach was empty, and mourning the loss of what had been a very … Continue reading

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Stuff: Good or Bad?

While watching Adam Baker’s TED talk, I was really struck when he talked about accumulating experiences instead of accumulating stuff by going into debt. I’ve been talking a lot with Nate about our approaches to stuff lately. I place a … Continue reading

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Rant Time! “Hey fatty, wear our clothes and look less ugly!”

I was ranting about this over on Facebook but decided it deserved a full-on blog post rantorama. So! Warning: swearing, bullshit sexism, fashion-industry-offensiveness (ok, I’m repeating myself), etc. You in? Let’s do this.

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Pagan Values Blogging Month Wrap-Up

Well, lookit that! My posts got included in the archive for this year’s Pagan Values Blogging Event! I feel all famous or something. :) Anybody who’s found this blog via the links there, hiya! Welcome! It was really fun and interesting … Continue reading

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Pagan Values Blogging Month: Will / Self-Knowledge (aka Doing the Work)

Part five in my series for Pagan Values Blogging Month! Love is the law, love under will. – Liber AL vel Legis, The Book of the Law Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfill, An it harm none do what ye will. – Doreen Valiente … Continue reading

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Pagan Values Blogging Month: Love / Reverence for the Sacred

Part four in my series for Pagan Values Blogging Month! 29. For I am divided for love’s sake, for the chance of union. 30. This is the creation of the world, that the pain of division is as nothing, and the joy of dissolution all. … Continue reading

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Pagan Values Blogging Month: Fierce Compassion

Part three in my series for Pagan Values Blogging Month! First off, thank you to everyone who’s commented so far on my previous posts! I greatly appreciate comments and feedback. Now, onward! “Fierce compassion” is a concept I think I first learned about … Continue reading

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Pagan Values Blogging Month: Integrity

Part two in my series for Pagan Values Blogging Month! Thorn Coyle talks about integration and alignment a great deal, and I’ve picked up her emphasis on it in my years of training with her. We all have many disparate parts, and working … Continue reading

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Pagan Values Blogging Month: Experiential Pragmatism

This is the first part in my series for Pagan Values Blogging Month. Back in college, I took philosophy classes. Of course, one of the things we talked about is the idea that you can’t really know that anything exists, because our … Continue reading

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