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Some Favorite Posts I've Written: A Directory

Deep Posts: The Language of Bodies https://sunshinewithaspine.tumblr.com/post/647232490889674752/the-language-of-bodies About self-love and health and finding balance.

https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/183021533454/i-have-a-lot-of-teenage-friendsmutuals-who-are About power imbalances, the responsibility of knowledge, and respectful interactions with younger individuals.

https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/180776434319/in-todays-world-of-sesta-and-religious-extremism My views on SESTA and sex work.

Process and Growth https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/172450446404/sometimes-i-let-people-explain-things-i-already Learning how people think from the how-to's they provide.

https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/166483887274/something-i-dont-talk-about-often-here-is-being About mental health stigma, my own struggles with neurodivergence, and the things I've gained from my differences.

Lessons Learned From Poetry https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2019/8/11/lessons-learned-from-poetry About poetry, and its ability to transform.

Looking Forward: My Third Decade https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2020/1/31/looking-forward-my-third-decade About finding joy in turning thirty, and goals for the future.

Self Love as Practice https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2020/2/21/self-love-as-practice About learning to love myself, and the role practice plays in self love.

Orlando https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/145831690834/orlando About the mass shooting at the Pulse Night Club in Orlando.

Call Me Gentleman https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/62242794132/call-me-gentleman About the word gentleman, and the meaning it has for me.

How I Chose My Name and Why You Should Use It https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/81402909978/how-i-chose-my-name-and-why-you-should-use-it About names, my name, and why respecting the names of those in your life, even if they're new, is important.

Why I Bought You Flowers https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/102897901094/why-i-bought-you-flowers Although I no longer identify as aromantic, this is about my experiences when I did.

Eight Things Coming Out Has Taught Me https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/145568925549/eight-things-coming-out-has-taught-me Lessons learned from coming out.

Rules for Myself: Forming a New Normal https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2020/3/31/rules-for-myself-forming-a-new-normal About the rules I created for myself to keep depression from controlling me during the pandemic.

Joy and Loneliness https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2020/5/8/joy-and-loneliness About why we can still feel lonely with good people in our lives.

Love, Values, and the Stories We Tell Ourselves https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2020/6/7/love-values-and-stories About the stories we tell ourselves when we fail and why they matter.

Love, Grief, and Healing https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2020/8/8/love-grief-and-healing About goodbyes and self-love.

Finding Presence https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2020/10/19/finding-presence About finding presence in the midst of pain.

Path of Growth and Change: A Meditation https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2020/10/25/path-of-growth-and-change-a-meditation An audio meditation on nature, growth, and change.

The Weight of a Phone https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2021/3/6/the-weight-of-a-phone About the stories and memories my phone holds.

Quarterly Holidays https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2021/3/23/quarterly-holidays About my personal holidays.

Thoughts on Routedness versus Rootedness http://findjamesavery.com/2018/12/02/thoughts-on-routedness-versus-rootedness/ About home and change, growth and wanderlust.

Love and the Language of Connection http://findjamesavery.com/2018/07/18/love-and-the-language-of-connection/ About the importance of friendship in all forms of connection.

Guides:

Learning to Say No Part 1: Reframing https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2019/8/8/learning-to-say-no-part-1-reframing Part 2: Start Small https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2019/8/9/learning-to-say-no-part-2-start-small

How to Respond if Someone Tells You Their Body is Not Their Gender https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/59221748168/how-to-respond-if-someone-tells-you-their-body-is-not About responding to gender "coming out"s in a healthy and affirming way.

Writing Tips: Senses https://xdoesnotequaly.tumblr.com/post/155592668580/writing-tips-senses About bodily senses we tend to forget about, like balance and temperature.

Silence Feeds Violence https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2020/7/11/silence-feeds-violence Some resources I found meaningful, and why speaking up matters.

Understanding Consent http://findjamesavery.com/2015/09/19/understanding-consent/ A guide to consent.

The Young James Chronicles:

Doorbell Ditch https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/145697829144/doorbell-ditch-the-young-james-chronicles

Opposite Day https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/145717242909/opposite-day-the-young-james-chronicles

Poetry:

Carnival Ride to Goodbye https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/173963976994/carnival-ride-to-goodbye-when-i-was-17-i-saw-the

One From Two https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/173275098919/its-been-a-tough-few-weeks-but-im-coming-out-in

Wasteland https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/170330393739/do-not-let-the-fire-lay-claim-my-child-ash-may

The Absence of Color http://findjamesavery.com/2018/01/15/the-absence-of-color/

Retreat to the Shower https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/155746283949/there-is-something-about-showers-that-is

Prisoner and Pride https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/154600134414/this-is-a-picture-of-me-the-rainbow-on-a-chain

You Name Me Monster But My Scars Are from You https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/151412420549/you-name-me-monster-but-my-scars-are-from-you

Reinvention https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/148021285489/a-new-poem-james-avery-fuchs

Solar Flare https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/147206461404/i-tumbled-off-a-cliff-into-your-arms-you-swore

Addicted to Your Sin https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/146925197164/i-didnt-know-love-could-taste-like-teardrops

The Harshest Mistress https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/105501592329/the-harshest-mistress

Tardigrade https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2018/4/24/tardigrade

The Political is Personal http://findjamesavery.com/2018/10/01/1060/

Seven Ways to Break a Heart http://findjamesavery.com/2016/06/07/seven-ways-to-break-a-heart/

Arteries http://findjamesavery.com/2016/05/19/carving-initials/

The Big Bang http://findjamesavery.com/2016/04/07/the-big-bang-poem/

The Art of the Controlled Blaze http://findjamesavery.com/2016/04/07/the-art-of-the-controlled-blaze-poem/

Fantastically Gay http://findjamesavery.com/2016/03/11/fantastically-gay/

I Want a Daughter http://findjamesavery.com/2015/03/06/i-want-a-daughter-poem/

The Only Drug I've Never Learned to Hate http://findjamesavery.com/2015/02/19/the-only-drug-ive-never-learned-to-hate/

Letters of Love and Self Care to You From Me:

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2017/8/21/letter-from-the-founder-1

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2017/9/1/letter-from-the-founder-2

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2017/12/28/letter-from-the-founder-3

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2017/12/28/letter-from-the-founder-3-74c9p

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2017/12/28/letter-from-the-founder-3-74c9p-j68z5

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2018/7/4/letter-from-the-founder-6

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2018/7/6/letter-from-the-founder-7

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2018/9/22/letter-from-the-founder-8

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2018/10/13/letter-from-the-founder-9

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2018/10/14/letter-from-the-founder-10

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2019/8/1/love-letter-to-the-reader-11

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2019/8/4/love-letter-to-the-reader-12

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2019/8/7/love-letter-to-the-reader-13

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2019/12/18/love-letter-14

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2019/12/27/love-letter-15

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2020/1/2/love-letter-16

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2020/1/24/love-letter-17

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2020/2/17/love-letter-18

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2020/3/8/love-letter-19

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2020/3/23/love-letter-20

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2020/4/4/love-letter-21

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2020/4/19/love-letter-22

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2020/5/16/love-letter-23

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2020/6/21/love-letter-24

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2020/7/15/love-letter-25

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2020/8/1/love-letter-26

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2020/9/21/love-letter-27

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2020/9/26/love-letter-28

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/love-letter-29

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2020/10/30/love-letter-30

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2020/11/28/love-letter-31

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2020/12/18/love-letter-32

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2020/12/26/love-letter-33

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2021/1/10/love-letter-34

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2021/1/28/love-letter-35

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2021/3/11/love-letter-36

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2021/3/16/love-letter-36

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2021/3/19/love-letter-38

https://www.thegaylynerd.com/blog/2021/3/26/love-letter-39

Reminders:

https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/178018434223/you-matter-and-i-am-glad-you-are-here

https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/177984583270/friendly-reminder-every-single-person-who-sees

https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/177972592554/normalize-telling-your-friends-you-love-them

Tired-Loopy Posts:

https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/174882440384/rawr-i-am-tired-destroyer-of-awake-at-york

https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/165217293184/fun-fact-1

https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/165417165119/sweet-dreams-are-made-of-gay-who-am-i-to-shy

https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/148666595644/me-my-roommate-and-i-have-now-officially

https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/148630735039/me-we-need-to-buy-an-island-and-fill-it-with

Quotable:

https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/59568259082/my-past-is-tattooed-like-a-brand-upon-my-soul-it

https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/63004702710/i-have-wandered-many-roads-that-i-have-never

https://aqueerwashere.tumblr.com/post/79633703229/power-belongs-in-the-hands-of-love-not-memories

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