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While women expect men to do this and that as a baseline for worthiness, when did contribution become gendered rather than mutual? Are relationships collapsing under the weight of unequal expectations, and can spirituality return partnerships to balance rather than entitlement?

Looking for some kitty advice

My cat, Oreo, is starting to have some problems, worse than her normal ones, and I'm not entirely sure what to do. Hoping someone else has more experience. I should probably start with the fact that she's always been special needs and has brain damage, she wasn't expected to live past 4 but here... read more

Steering the ship

Ive been thinking about single life. I have been single for 5 years now and i realize that life is like sailing a ship. There are storms and navigation issues and so much to keep track of in order to keep you on a straight keel. Sometimes you follow the stars, sometimes you follow the birds to... read more

Phoenicolacerta Troodica

While on the island of Cyprus the most well known endemic animal is probably none other than the Cyprus Mouflon (Αγρινό), Cyprus is home to many endemic species; plants and animals unique to Cyprus that aren’t found anywhere else in the world. . Phoenicolacerta Troodica, or as it is commonly known,... (edited) read more

The Catharsis of Iron

Iron teaches without speaking. The bar waits, cold and indifferent, a straight line of truth across the knuckles. You step under it carrying names, regrets, old conversations that never found an ending. Gravity does not care. That is its mercy. The breath locks in. The world narrows to bone and... read more

FF7 og

I've recently started to play this (for the first time) on the switch and I've just done the gold saucer date (with Tifa) and I'm kinda disappointed, i like the whole "will they" thing going on until Tifa finally tells cloud the truth later on, but come on, she could of said something while on the... read more