Have you ever just completely lost your desire to do something you love? This winter, I lost my desire to be a writer. hiding away from the world in Yosemite Really, I lost my desire to do anything. Between my nephew dying of cancer, the ten year anniversary of my...
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I diminished myself, my body, and my pain
CW: This post talks about illness, blood, and fatphobia. So if you're not in a place to read about that, feel free to skip it. I am sick. I’ve tried to deny this fact for months, but it’s not something I can ignore anymore. It’s not terminal, but it’s the kind of sick...
Kisses and cancer
No words can cure this pain. I know, I was twelve once too.
How to Feel Worthy of Love and Stop Damaging Your Relationships
Do you feel worthy of love? It seems such a simple thing, being loved, yet the majority of people in my life – most especially those who are feminine – feel they don’t deserve it. Or worse than that, they feel they would deserve Or that they deserve it if they'd just...
Four steps to answering the question “Who do you think you are?”
"Who does this ugly fat bitch think she is?!" a stranger wrote on Twitter, sharing a gif of me twirling around in my bikini saying "if you want a bikini body, put a bikini on your body." It was taken from an interview I did on body image with Dr. Doe for her...
This week on Bawdy Love: Kate McCombs on chronic pain, migraines, and feeling sexy when you’re ill
Feeling pleasure when you’re in pain, chronic illness, and core desired feelings, on Episode 4 of the Bawdy Love Podcast. Our bodies don’t stop having needs and demands just because we have chronic pain. As someone who suffers intense chronic migraines, Kate McCombs...