The baseball metaphor, that is. While messing around on the intarwebs tonight, I came across this article about finding a positive sexual metaphor. I’d highly recommend that everyone go take a look! In the first part of the article, the author examines baseball as a metaphor for sex in American culture, and just how insidious [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Romantic Initiatives, Part II
Posted: October 17, 2009 in Friendships, GLBT/Queer issues, Online dating, Relationships, RomanceTags: asexual, asexuality, cuddling, dating, expectations, lesbian, queer, romance, romantic friendship, romantic relationships, transgender
[Part I] We were not lovers. I didn’t know what we were or what we would become. We were in fuzzy territory, the topography a natural blend, unmarked by conceptual boundaries. There were boundaries, yes, but only the kind of boundaries that a river makes as it cuts through stone. There was no sign that [...]
Romantic Initiatives, Part I
Posted: October 12, 2009 in Friendships, Online dating, Polyamory, Relationships, RomanceTags: asexual, asexuality, dating, first dates, online dating, Relationships, romance, romantic friendship, romantic relationships
So, Ily got me thinking with her comment on my last post and subsequent post about how it all started, and I think that’s a worthy topic to explore. I have been one of those people who goes, “Uhh, I don’t know, it just sort of happened,” when it comes to the question of how [...]
Identity Maintenance
Posted: October 9, 2009 in Identity, Misunderstandings, Polyamory, Relationships, Romance, Sexual ExplorationTags: asexual, asexual/sexual, asexuality, BDSM, break-ups, distance, emotional intimacy, emotions, fear, Identity, intimacy, love, Misunderstandings, polyamory, rejection, Relationships, romance, sex, sexual intimacy, sexuality
Time passes me by lately like water does a fish—I am always in it, it is always flowing around me, but each moment is just something I live in without really thinking about it. I pay attention only to the strong currents and my eventual destination, letting the usual ebb and tide just make its [...]