Understanding the Dynamics of Romantic Connections

Organisé par Le Mouvement associatif
Public cible SA
Type d'événement Réunion de travail
Description de l'évènement A Few Thoughts on Conflict in Dating
Why Trying to "Be More Feminine or Masculine" is a Trap
"Not Good Enough"
Chasing After Instant Chemistry is Foolish
Does Longevity in the Past = Mature Dater Today?
Are You Really Prepared for a Relationship?
Guys Don’t Want to Date “One of The Guys”
Things I Have Learned About Dating
Fear in Dating and Relationships
Does the Person You're Dating Make You Smile
Marrige and Happiness
Is Your Resolution to Find Love in the New Year?
Disappearing Dates

May 13, 2013 at 4:59 pm | Permalink
I focus on all the amazing things my body does that I take for granted and it really does make things like a thinning hairline and the zits totally inconsequential in the face of like, a beating heart, and hands. Dance heals me of that stuff like nothing else.

Donna L
Donna L
May 13, 2013 at 5:35 pm | Permalink
I still don’t really like my identifiably Jewish nose (especially in profile, where it’s most noticeable), but don’t loathe and despise it nearly as passionately as I once did. I can’t say that I’ll ever be able to rid myself entirely of the influence of internalized Northern European standards of beauty, but at least I no longer believe that my nasal configuration prevents me from being generally perceived as a woman. It may be “Jewish,” but 8 years of experience since my transition tells me that there’s nothing inherently male about it!

Donna L
Donna L
May 13, 2013 at 5:37 pm | Permalink
Also, like EG, I have never had any negative feelings whatsoever about anyone else’s visibly Jewish noses. Just mine. Recognizing that fact helped me a lot in changing my feelings of self-loathing about it.

If only everyone could reach your glorious heights of self-acceptance and nonchalance in the face of real institutionalized discrimination.

There lies here no attempt to remedy my perplexity. Perhaps, as I suspect, you are not able to tell me why I require a day upon which to celebrate and be proud of my bisexuality.

It is amusing, nevertheless, that you seem here to imply that I face “real institutionalised discrimination” (as opposed to the fictional kind, presumably), whilst simultaneously chiding me for not feeling sufficiently downtrodden. I suggest you think about that for a moment or two.

And also, it’s actually taken a while for me to be proud of my nose given the negative Jewish stereotypes associated with nose size, so I really don’t appreciate your blase above it all attitude OR the example you used to illustrate it.
Début de l'évènement 24.12.2022
Fin de l'évènement 27.12.2022