Antiquity Anecdotes
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I'm a queer author who writes about mental health, parenting, politics, queer issues, and history.
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The 15 Top, Must-Watch Queer Movies
As a queer writer, I love to see representation in media, but like anything else, this can be problematic. It's easy to be controversial in media, especially when it comes to actors playing characters whose experiences they cannot relate to (ie. an able-bodied actor playing a disabled character). I've curated a list of the fifteen best LGBTQIA+ plus movies for those looking for a little representation. I rated them based off of things like depth, realism, representation, and presentation, but I'm not a movie critic, so feel free to judge for yourself.
By Antiquity Anecdotes4 years ago in Pride
Letters to Nowhere
Life is a contemplation: a static shroud of uncertainly that lingers over every waking hour. Life is a gift I didn't ask for, given to me by those almost entirely unqualified, continuing a line of trauma that settles deeply into the shells of unsuspecting children. Life is so long, and so short.
By Antiquity Anecdotes4 years ago in Humans
Things Society Needs to Normalize
Since the pandemic began, a lot has changed. And still, a lot hasn't. These past couple of years have left me feeling as though society is moving backwards - that things that used to be normal are becoming more and more controversial, that society is becoming more backwards than it ever was before. People spend more time indoors, more time browsing the Internet: and in turn, they spend more time spewing hate. People will always find things to be angry about. Things to adamantly refuse to understand. People will say they miss when things were normal, while dejectedly resigning themselves to the fact that normal is gone.
By Antiquity Anecdotes4 years ago in Humans
A Handy Guide to Gender Identities. Top Story - March 2022.
Hi there! I'm Danny, and I'm trans non-binary. This means I am not wholly male or female - the gender binaries. If I had to put a label on it, I'd call myself genderflux, but mostly I just use the term enby. The transgender umbrella encompasses many different genders and sexualities, and today, I'll be making a list of different genders, because I always love bringing recognition to the queer community. Many people think sex and gender are the same thing, and use them interchangeably despite them being very different. Sex refers to biological and physiological characteristics, such as chromosomes, genitalia, and hormones. Gender, on the other hand, is an identity, a personal sense of self. There are more than sixty recognized genders within the queer community, and three sexes: because, yes, intersex people exist.
By Antiquity Anecdotes4 years ago in Pride
Things I Will Teach My Son
Nobody can ever prepare you for the ways in which children change your life. Before my son was born, I thought I knew what it meant to love, to feel pride, to dream. None of it meant anything before you. Six years ago, I was stuck in a cyclical tirade of a relationship: weakening, destroying, leaving me in pieces like a mirror that had shattered. Six years ago, I had no sense of purpose in life. No dreams, no drive. I'd always wanted to be a parent. But I never knew how much I needed you until you were there, and then nothing was ever the same again.
By Antiquity Anecdotes4 years ago in Humans
The Words I Never Said
I loved you. I loved you like a hurricane: loudly, chaotically, trampling those I loved in my careless frenzy. You were the hurricane, leaving destruction in your wake, leaving me to clean it up. I was not a watcher of storms nor a keeper of men. I was not a lover of myself nor of feeling alone.
By Antiquity Anecdotes4 years ago in Poets
I Almost Married a Narcissist!
If it were possible, there are so many things I would tell my younger self. In high school, I would have fallen in love with any boy who gave me the time of day. I've always been like this, I suppose: pouring my heart and soul into people who never reciprocated. I'm still like this, I suppose.
By Antiquity Anecdotes4 years ago in Humans
