Tonight while I was meditating, I engaged in Tonglen practice. Tonglen is when you bring to mind someone you know who is experiencing pain and you visualize yourself breathing in their suffering and breathing out compassion, light, healing- whatever they might be needing. I used to do this practice more often and usually I only [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Thoughts on Tonglen and BDSM
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bdsm, bottoming, Dossie Easton, Intimacy, Love, meditation, relationships, sex, Tonglen, trust on December 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sex Trafficking and the New Abolitionists
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged activism, GEMS, Gloria Steinem, Rachel Lloyd, sex trafficking, Very Young Girls on December 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I actually posted this on another blog, but thought folks here might be interested too. This obviously impacts the young LGBT community as well. -BF
Last weekend I attended a talk, moderated by Gloria Steinem, entitled “Sex Trafficking and the New Abolitionists” (video available here). Her panel consisted of Rachel Lloyd, Executive Director of GEMS (Girls Educational & [...]
A Subway Story
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged anger, compassion, violence on December 11, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I should be writing a paper instead of a blog post right now, but so be it. Something crazy happened on Tuesday evening. I was riding the subway home with a friend from class and there was this paranoid girl (a teenager) yelling at people for looking at her. No one was looking at her…of [...]
My Wish List
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged butch, relationships, wishful thinking on December 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A couple of years ago I made a list of what I was looking for in a partner. I do it as a quick first thing that comes into my mind kind of thing. I think it’s interesting to sit back after and see what ended up on the list (in what order) and what [...]
