Those who foolishly insist on viewing the world through the filter of dogma are blind to everything that dogma will not admit, even when the truth lies right before them. https://maggiemcneill.com/2011/02/18/not-the-same-tree/
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To “live” in the biological sense while being denied volition, agency and the control of one’s own body and mind is not to be a man or woman; it is to be the equivalent of a cabbage or a sponge, a thing without freedom, dignity or humanity. https://maggiemcneill.com/2012/02/17/the-anti-life-equation/
Lovers tend to seek every available excuse to be alone together anyway; it hardly seems necessary to set aside a special day for that, especially one on which the show is celebrated above the substance. https://maggiemcneill.com/2014/02/14/valentines-day-2014/
Two Years Ago Today: If I had my druthers, spring and autumn would arrive early and stay late, and summer and winter would be well-behaved temperature-wise and last only a couple of months each: https://maggiemcneill.com/2023/02/20/diary-660/
Three Years Ago Today: "Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light." – Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis) in "Ghostbusters" https://maggiemcneill.com/2022/02/20/links-607/
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If I use my body to make music or art or a house, that is fine. But for some reason consenting adults bartering with their bodies is bad.