MSNBC Superstar Rachel Maddow and artist Susan Mikula met in 1999, when Maddow was hired to do yard work on Mikula’s Berkshires property.

In another exercise, I invite participants to get in contact with their radiant infant self, still alive inside them, and their wisest, most resourced ancient self. Like you, I also thought that it might open some Pandora's box of issues and memories that were upsetting and embarrassing that I wouldn't want to deal with. Which Mom was infuriated with since she came from a house where food was scarce and wasting food was a horrible sin to her.My muscles have been tense for days so I welcome the semi-drunk massage and encourage him to keep rubbing. As you suggest, it probably would have been a whole lot better if your mom had just said, "Well, if you are a lesbian it's fine, it's no big deal," perhaps adding, "And if you ever want to talk about anything at all, you know I'm always happy to hear what you are feeling and thinking. I’m flattered that the guy not only was fixated on my body but that he was able to find me amid the thousands of women on OkCupid and recognize me by my kooky photo!

He doesn’t seem quite as taken with me as he was back in April (and I couldn’t tell if he was being sober and therefore shy or merely no longer interested), so although the band is continuing their afternoon at a Soho restaurant I decide it isn’t a great idea to go chasing after him, and head over to Mars Bar with my friends. I was initially interested in (or should I say intrigued by) him because he looked so much like my ex-husband. The therapist also asked me to look at some pictures, and I refused, terrified to do so in case my reaction to them proved if I was gay or not.I've always loved talking to older queer women in general just because their experiences are often so different from how things are today in terms of how far the world has come with acceptance and visibility, so the new video from BuzzFeed is right up my alley. Yearning for her first sexual experience, her curiosity is aroused when she reads in the news about a woman exposing herself in a nearby wood. Twenty-two years later, this continues to some degree, although now I have a system, complete with acronyms and lists, to fend off any thoughts I consider "bad. Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places. Some user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.