Non-native content
Keywords: Love
I will belong to him, if he’ll have me. I won’t do everything he asks, because I’m not going to be one of those mindless women who gives up her autonomy because she thinks her man’s love depends on her obedience. I’m secure enough in myself that I believe this is what I want, this is what I’m willing to do, and if not for the guy from Japan then I’ll do it for the next person who catches my interest just right.
https://luna0330.wordpress.com/2016/12/10/loving-effortlessly
Keywords: Slovakia , Fly Fishing , History ,
This was my time in our country ; now is what I’ve waited for … more than 35 years . His work is impressive . He focused on not only his writing , elevated Slovak literature ; he also pushed to make Slovkia a stand-alone political entity . My man !
https://oneworldonemuddyslovak.home.blog/2019/05/15/b-town-by-bus
![I realised [I] wanted pole to be more than a hobby too, and somehow continued doing both pole dance and academia as both practices became crucial to my wellbeing, my professional life and my identity](https://wants.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/blogcovers2.0.png)
Keywords: Asses and Activism
My journey into academia was accidental. I’ve always been an introverted nerd who loved studying and struggled in every other work setting, but somehow decided journalism and then PR were for me, got burnt out and depressed (also following an abusive relationship) and thought studying was a way to buy time as I figured myself out. At some point during that studying, I realised research could be my actual job, which doesn’t feel real to this day. In parallel to that, right when I started studying again and went back into academia for my MA in criminology, I took up pole dancing. I was still figuring myself out professionally, so I didn’t really worry about the publicness of pole and of my moderate but nonetheless existing social media profile, also because it did not cross my naive mind that people would discriminate against me just for showing my body (I knew jack shit about sex work stigma then).
https://bloggeronpole.com/2024/09/doing-both-the-challenges-of-being-a-pole-dancing-academic
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My entire identity was wrapped up in this boy. So much of my brain space was consumed with getting his attention. Does he think I’m pretty? Does he really love me? Does he want to marry me? Does he think I’m smart? I didn’t realize at the time how wildly self-conscious I was. I hated myself and I so badly needed to be shown my worth. It’s such a difficult space to be in when you’re also lacking self-awareness. Probably starting in middle school, I used to cry into my pillow at night and just beg for the pain to go away. I would get so sad and so miserable and so self-loathing.
https://prettywheelchairgirl.com/2021/09/21/my-story
Keywords: culture, Dominican Republic , living-abroad , peace-corps , race
In the Dominican Republic, moreno(a) describes people with medium brown skin. It’s distinct from negrito(a) (darker brown) or rubio(a) (lighter skin). To me, my color provides a level of comfort and familiarity with the Dominicans around me. It was one of the reasons I chose to serve here
https://wanderingmorena.com/2024/12/05/what-it-means-to-be-a-morena-gringa-being-a-black-american-living-in-the-dr
Keywords: Turned 16
You need to know yourself in order to love yourself. I don’t need people to understand me and tell me who I am because I know who I am. I wouldn’t bother trying to understand me, things would just get complicated.
https://sophieschot.wordpress.com/2020/08/19/what-i-learned-at-age-16
Keywords: Mumblings
So here we are, I’m distantly joining the online writing community, while mostly just rambling about whatever writing topic that pops into my head. I’m going to keep my posts mostly unedited and fairly fast and loose with categories/themes and concepts. The more low maintenance something is for me, the less of a gargantuan task it will appear to be. The aim of the game is to keep tricking myself into writing lots and lots here!
https://pamwiththerambles.wordpress.com/2026/01/27/im-here-to-ramble
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I’m obsessed with the fact that I got skinny in 2016 (although, truth be told, I guess I only suspected I was skinny at the time, I didn’t really believe it). I mean, seriously, how the heck did I do it? And if you count 2012, 2004, 1999, and 1991, that’s more than once that I managed to get skinny, (I really didn’t realize I was skinny in those years either), so why can I not do it again? Because my outside does not match my inside, even when I get skinny. My first diet was in 1983 at age 12.
https://biojoydiet.home.blog/my-story
Keywords: 2026 , Writing , family , grandmothers , learning to write , pregnancy , writers guild , writing stories
What I find is, if I go, I don’t have to spend my time worrying as I wait to go! It just takes all the agony out of it and also makes others comfortable that someone else broke the ice.
https://thoughtsfromthepassengerseat.blog/2026/02/27/my-first-story
Keywords: health , meditation , mindfulness , wellness , yoga
but during my time away I had gained some weight. It was not a lot of weight but I was the heaviest I had ever been. I was embarrassed because I felt to teach yoga I should be thinner like I had been in the past. This wasn’t even baby weight. I didn’t gain a lot during pregnancy. The first and third trimesters were rough. What happened were a series of health issues. Even as an adult that knew better I still felt embarrassed about how I looked. This caused anxiety and lots of self doubt. I agonized over any pictures posted to my business social media. I easily talked myself out of creating videos for my YouTube channel.
https://jtmlifewellnessllc.blog/2026/03/04/why-i-changed-my-business-name-a-journey-in-wellness