Anyone Who's Ever Had The Misfortune Of

My Crazy Parents And Those Crazy Catholic Nuns Didn't Do A Good Job Of Forcing Me To Keep The Ten Commandments, But They Kept Me Forever Fixated On The Very Idea Of A Taboo.

One Day Scientists Will More Fully Understand The Chemistry And Neuro-circuitry That Differentiates Love From Lust. I Couldn't Begin To Explain The Mechanics, But I Know That They Feel Differently.

I Can't Tell You How Many Times People - Through The Anonymity And Safety Of The Internet, Of Course - Have Told Me 'you Beat Women' As If It Was An Ongoing, Daily Thing. The Only Person Ever Brave Enough To Say It To My Face Quickly Surrendered His Courage When I Said, 'would You Like To Step Outside And See If I Can Beat Men, Too?'

It Was Simultaneously Refreshing And A Bit Shocking To See How Cavalierly Most Aussies Toss Out Slurs And Insults About Nonwhites.

It's Not Exactly Courageous To Be An Anti-racist These Days; A Hundred Years Ago, It Was.