Meditation, Especially For People Who Dont Know

While We're Over Here Blocked Up In Our Departments And Locked Up In Our Own Judgments And Dealing With Our Own Crazy Problems, They're Over There Dealing With Equivalent Problems. One Of The Things That I Am So Frightened By Lately Is That Men Are Having Just As Difficult A Time Striking A Balance As We Are.

Men Find Powerful Women So Threatening, And Finding A Partner Was Starting To Look Laughable, Because I Would Be Really Attracted To Guys And They Would Just Be So Threatened And I Didn't Like Feeling Threatening, I Didn't Want To Feel Threatened, I Didn't Want To Feel Like I Was Towering Over Anybody.

I Think You Can't Have This Discussion And You Can't Have A Discussion About Feminism And The Consciousness Of The World Without Having A Discussion About What Has Happened To Men Lately. They're Holding The Other Side Of The Bag.

The Key Is To Just Focus On The Spots Where The Love Is Real, Because You Can Just Drive Yourself Crazy Focusing On The Negativity, Focusing On The Relationships That Are Irreparable And Just Aren't Going To Work, Trying To Convince The Haters That You Are Indeed Lovable. So Much Of That Is Wasted Energy.

I Never Wanted To Grow A Thicker Skin; I Felt A Real Sense Of Pride In My Thin Skin, And In A Weird Way, I Still Do, Because It's My Thin Skin That Allows Me To Empathize With Other People. It's The Thing That Allows Me To Create Vulnerable Art. It's The Thing That Allows Me To Create Other Feelings And Make Songs That Actually Grab People And Touch People. I Feel Like I've Spent My Life Fighting That Thicker Skin Because I Don't Want To Become An Embittered Asshole.