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The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

April 24, 2011

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The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

By Amethyst Wonder

Last month, I wrote about having my sexual orientation questioned. Continuing in that theme, this month I’m writing about identifying as a switch and being told that that means I can’t be dominant…

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Heteronormative

January 6, 2011

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Heteronormative

By Amethyst Wonder

In the past few weeks, I’ve heard the term “heteronormative” used in at least five different ways. Some people were offended by the thing the term described; some were offended by the term itself. It made me think.

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What Did You Call Me: Heteroflexible

October 8, 2010

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What Did You Call Me: Heteroflexible

By Amethyst Wonder

This month I decided to focus on one label, so I chose one from my own self-identification.

Until about a year and a half ago, I’d identified as straight for my entire life. I never felt uncomfortable with it, never felt it didn’t fit me.

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What Did You Call Me?

August 29, 2010

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What Did You Call Me?

by Amethyst Wonder

We are sons, daughters, teachers, students, mothers, fathers, lovers, geeks, people of color, introverts, extroverts, wives, husbands. We are also queers, pervs, kinksters, sluts, butches, femmes, sissies, sadists, masochists, dominants, submissives, masters, mistresses, slaves, puppies, ponies. But what does that mean?

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