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Comment on Flatulence in Relationships

2011-03-07T00:22:36Z

Oh man that was super funny! I needed that! Good to hear that ladies go through the same thing!

Comment on Message to "The Real L Word" Haters

2010-07-04T20:22:42Z

Thank you for reading!

All these people hating on llene Chaiken are the very ones that love and still love "The L Word"

Comment on Message to "The Real L Word" Haters

2010-07-04T08:57:52Z

I've been sayin! Thanks for this, it's hard sometimes to sift through all the negativity out there. Hating Ilene Chaiken seems to be the "cool lesbian" thing to do now, though I have a great amount of respect for her for what she's accomplished in the ENTERTAINMENT (key word) industry for us. I wonder if that makes me "not a real" lesbian... ;)
Thanks again!

Comment on Constance McMillen: Intolerance in Mississippi Brings out Best and Worst in LGBT Communities

2010-04-06T18:30:01Z

Olivia, you are really getting me stoked. I completely agree with you. We cannot make headway acting like people who are cruel and/or intolerant. I am not saying I have never failed in this area, I have. After the whole Prop 8 thing I was very hurt, and I was angry and felt very defensive. But, you know what? I am grateful for that experience, because as a direct result of it I grew as a person. I realized that in a lot of ways I was actually behaving in the same manner as those who were "against" me. Where does this get any of us? NO WHERE. Similarly, I am thankful to George W. Bush for the smelling salts he cracked open right in front of my face. Do I want to hug someone I perceive as a war criminal? Not really, but, you know what? I think that guy has never felt truly loved or accepted, which is how he can behave in such an unloving manner. He probably needs a real, truly loving hug more than anybody...besides Dick Cheney that is. ;)

You cannot overcome hate or anger with hate or anger. It's a vicious circle, also known as a trap. Someone must decide to go with love. Why not us?

Intolerance + intolerance breeds nothing but intolerance.

*Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Theresa, Martin Luther King, John Lennon*

I struggle with this, but I think I would rather stand up for what I believe in peacefully and with a loving spirit. I would rather die and leave this plane than join with and add to the negative energy which seems to be trying to destroy it/us. Don't get me wrong, I don't wish to die, but I'm not afraid of it, and I guess I'm realizing that I am not willing to engage in violence for what I believe in...which is LOVE.

I grew up around violence as a very young child. I saw my mother beaten. I was sexually abused by the man that beat her. I was able to entertain how this sexual abuse could have and probably did affect me, but I never realized until after the failure of my last relationship how the violence had affected and infected me. I have come to grips with and acknowledged the "Hulk" inside of me as a result...and I have been working to smother this "Hulk" with LOVE.

Thank you for your words, and thank you for a place that I feel safe to talk about these things.

Comment on Phoebe Prince's Suicide: 9 Teens Charged with Bullying Her to Death

2010-04-05T22:52:31Z

Of course school officials should be held accountable. They were notified by the parents. They knew.

Comment on Bullock (VIDEO), Bigelow, and Bridges Win at the 2010 Academy Awards

2010-03-09T16:25:31Z

Meryl was awesome in 'Postcards From the Edge'!

IF you haven't seen it then I suggest you go rent it right away!

Comment on Bullock (VIDEO), Bigelow, and Bridges Win at the 2010 Academy Awards

2010-03-09T16:20:20Z

I really thought that Meryl Strip will win Best Actress. But I love Sandra, she did a great job on The Blind Side. Congrats to her. :)

Comment on Italy Google Conviction Makes Internet Censorship History

2010-03-01T04:53:40Z

Christ, that's horrendous about the stalking. It's a fine line: respecting everyone's right to freedom of speech, while still dealing with situations like yours. When it comes to personal safety, I have little faith in the law, so one of my tactics has been to be public about my gun ownership and self-defense training. Be safe, Olivia.

I had the opportunity to live in Italy. I'm so grateful for it because it was one of the key learning experiences in my life. Not to mention the women are beautiful!

Comment on Italy Google Conviction Makes Internet Censorship History

2010-03-01T00:44:35Z

Hey Skate! Thanks for coming back and reading!

'Since there are already laws in place that forbid people from harming others (stalking, for example), I don't believe we need to make any more laws with respect to the internet.'

Oh girl...there needs to be some serious cyberstalking laws implemented. I tried to get a restraining orders against my son's 'dad' and his wife (they both have warrants in this state for doing the same thing to his father and stepmother), for harassing my family, friends, and myself via internet. I went in with 60 pieces of hate messages they had sent: threatening myself, slanderous remarks about me and my family, and bigot terms referring to my sexuality. 60 pieces in just two months. I was writing for a friends site and about to come on as an official blogger and they went on there and just harassed anybody they could associated with me. I resigned because they were just relentless in their pursuit.

I didn't get the restraining orders. Why? Because they live out of state. Now, their counties sheriff held me out, but no laws protecting me against being consistently stalked by them. Myspace had to literally his wife's account down. It was awful. That's why I put my middle name in everything...harder to search and find me.

You lived in Italy?? Wow.

Comment on Miss Beverly Hills' Anti-Gay Rhetoric

2010-02-28T19:15:48Z

Oh, and I just want to say that I'm glad that what I've done with my life hasn't amounted to "becoming Miss Beverly Hills."

Get a fuckin life, bitch!