Let yourself be moved

You want to live with a wide open heart? Let yourself be moved. You want to break through old patterns and discover yourself anew? Let yourself be moved. You want to fall in love? Heal a broken heart? Make right a deep injustice? Smash through paradigms? Pick yourself...

Fuck inhibitions

Fuck inhibitions. If your body wants to make love in the rain; do it. If your spirit wants to sing Beyoncé in the grocery store; let her. If your soul tells you to body paint a giant canvas in rainbow colors; go and make some supersized art. If your heart wants to...

Refuse to remain stagnant

Refuse to remain stagnant. Stop accepting the status quo. Don’t let society dictate how you feel or live or love. Not one more day of allowing your past or your family or your community to choose your life for you. Reject the idea that you must settle for...

Dear human: you get to want things

Dear human: You get to want things. Objects. People. Adventure. Sex. Change. Pleasure. Danger. Things you can’t even name. Like really, really want. Way down deep. Screw those commandments—you, my dear, have permission to covet. To crave. To center yourself on...

Write wild. Write free

Write wild. Write free. Write the truth of you, no matter what they say. Write for the world. Write for yourself. Write into the void. Just write. Your story has the power to save us.

Give yourself a wild sort of grace

Give yourself a wild sort of grace for how long it took you to step into the truth of your knowing. As women we are taught and conditioned from the word go to dismiss the wisdom of our own lived experiences. Unlearning this programming takes time and tenacity and more...

This is for the ones who speak incantation

This is for the ones who speak incantation and trust the gut wisdom and the red-hot blood that pounds in their veins. This is for those who are called relentless. Who are labeled too much. Who are called the names they have called women like us since the beginning of...

We’ve all lived too damn long lugging around this…

We’ve all lived too damn long lugging around this puritanical notion that pleasure must be villainized to protect us from ourselves. Fuck that. Seriously. The only question you need to ask is this: Is everyone involved in full personal safety and enthusiastic consent?...