Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. Live each day as it were your last. We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want. Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it. We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.
I'm free to be what I want. Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it. We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.
Female Virginity - social standing
Female Virginity: The path to moral absolution is paved with finely parsed definitions and selective memory. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
spiritual jewelry
Female Virginity: A purity pledge is a contract where the fine print is written in hormones. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Compassion optional
Female Virginity: Religions planned for the afterlife, but tragically underestimated the invention of the backseat of a Chevrolet. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
moral priorities
Female Virginity: If the Garden of Eden had had 5G, the entire apple incident would have been live-tweeted. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
virginity policing
Female Virginity: The "purity paradox" is that the thing we're trying to preserve is the very thing that makes us human. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
social media surveillance of teens
Female Virginity: The "holy investment" is one with a negative return. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
virginity as currency
Female Virginity: The gap between our public profile and our private life is where all the interesting things happen. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
purity pledges
Female Virginity: If female virginity is the meticulously tracked main course, male virginity is the optional, store-brand seltzer. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
celestial judgment
Female Virginity: If men had to wear purity rings, they'd be made of silicone and sold in vending machines. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Virginity is theoretically sacred, but enforcement mechanisms vary
Female Virginity: The "holy hotline" has a long wait time and poor connection. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG