“Only teenage girls self-harm.” This one kills me. Most of you will know why. I hurt myself sometimes. I have scars in various parts of my body that I’m not proud of. My ex-husband has a shoulder covered in scars. Another one of my male friends has scars everywhere but his face. His neck, his
The thing about our culture is this: We LOVE stereotypes. It’s “American” to pigeonhole people. It’s part of what we see and do, how we react to others, and how we make our basic assumptions about others. I’m going to talk about some of the harder ones over the next several days. You are all
In case you missed it, I decided to change my name. Yes, my legal name. I am getting married next year, and Jenny and I want to start fresh. I have my reasons for not wanting my father’s last name, so we decided to change our last names together. I have known for years, since I
