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Emma Lindsay
Emma Lindsay

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Feb 9

Why I Hate Cultivating Compersion

It makes finding genuine sympathetic joy that much harder — Compersion means “vicarious joy” — or, joy on the behalf of others. In polyamorous communities, it generally means, feeling joy when one of your partners is finding sexual or romantic joy with a partner who isn’t you. And, I fucking hate the way we talk about it. Funny enough, I…

Polyamory

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Why I Hate Cultivating Compersion
Why I Hate Cultivating Compersion
Polyamory

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Jan 16

Is Jealousy Often Shame?

In one of my relationships a few years back, I was really bugged by persistent jealousy. It was a monogamous relationship, for the most part, and I was jealous of my partner’s ex, who he’d been with for 6 years before we started dating. …

Jealousy

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Is Jealousy Often Shame?
Is Jealousy Often Shame?
Jealousy

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Nov 25, 2022

The Flow of Information is Slowing Down

Over Thanksgiving, I was reminiscing with friends about the early days of the internet. …

Tech

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The Flow of Information is Slowing Down
The Flow of Information is Slowing Down
Tech

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Oct 14, 2022

What Catching Herpes Taught Me About Straight Men Are

About a year ago, I caught genital herpes from a monogamous male partner. It was a pretty fucked up situation, honestly, though at first I didn’t freak out about it. My doctor told me it was very common, that some people are asymptomatic carriers, and he’d probably had it for…

Std

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What Catching Herpes Taught Me About Straight Men Are
What Catching Herpes Taught Me About Straight Men Are
Std

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Sep 13, 2022

White People Complain About POC Casting Because of the Empathy Gap

So, apparently people are complaining that Halle Bailey is cast in The Little Mermaid in the live action movie, and it’s a thing because in the old Disney cartoon, the mermaid was white, and Bailey is Black. …

The Little Mermaid

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White People Complain About POC Casting Because of the Empathy Gap
White People Complain About POC Casting Because of the Empathy Gap
The Little Mermaid

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Aug 20, 2022

What Married Women Don’t Get About Single Men

This article has been making the rounds on the social medias about how men now are lonelier than ever, spending all their time on dating apps devoid of women, and like, probably making their dicks fall off with too much jacking off. I dunno. It was interesting the first time…

Single Men

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What Married Women Don’t Get About Single Men
What Married Women Don’t Get About Single Men
Single Men

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Aug 11, 2022

Alex Jones’ Text Leak May Be Resistance to Authoritarianism

Dictatorships require the cooperation of institutions to uphold their vice grip of power over society. In fact, if you begin to study the question “how can you topple a dictator?” (perhaps because, like me, you’ve been worried we’re about to get one) you’re likely to encounter the concept of the…

Authoritarianism

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Alex Jones’ Text Leak May Be Resistance to Authoritarianism
Alex Jones’ Text Leak May Be Resistance to Authoritarianism
Authoritarianism

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Aug 4, 2022

Why I Love Clementine Ford

Recently I’ve been enjoying me some Clementinian feminism, but a quick google and YouTube search made me realize… some people don’t like Clementine Ford? They think she’s like, a man hater, and “hard line” controversial feminist, and I was just like… really? …

Feminism

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Why I Love Clementine Ford
Why I Love Clementine Ford
Feminism

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Jul 28, 2022

How the Domination Mindset is Killing America

I recently blogged about being annoyed in a twitch chat when a fellow twitcher wrote he would like nuke California, and one of my blog readers responded to me by telling me how silly I seemed coming up with a response to this guy later and putting it up on…

Domination

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How the Domination Mindset is Killing America
How the Domination Mindset is Killing America
Domination

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Jul 19, 2022

How to Have Unique Ideas

Before Trump, I might have said the liberals were the party of “conformity” and using moralistic outrage to control behavior. Maybe; it was at least up for debate anyway. Not anymore, you’ve overtaken us, you Trumpian-conservatives, good job. Good job. Regardless of if you agree with me where I’ve drawn…

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How to Have Unique Ideas
How to Have Unique Ideas

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