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They call us self-righteous, entitled or demanding

Posted on 11. August 2025 by Barksandscales

Is it self-righteous to talk about systemic discrimination? Is it entitled to demand a payment that is high enough to pay rent and rise a child? Is it demanding to protest because ones own classmates and friends get threatened to be deported? How can I be silent when I live in a country… … that…

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Interlude

Posted on 10. März 202411. März 2024 by Barksandscales

This blog is now more than a year old. Congratulations to myself, I am astonished that I made it this far. At the same time, I have to admit that the blog is currently falling short. My previous rhythm of every fortnight seems unthinkable and even though I still have so much to think about,…

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Dating, sometimes mating and not far from finding a play partner…

Posted on 8. Oktober 202329. Oktober 2023 by Barksandscales

“So, by the way, who are you seeing at the moment?”, I asked playing with their now loose hair. “Dating-wise?”, they looked at me and stopped playing with my necklace. I briefly considered answering something sarcastic, but then decided against it and went for a simple “Yes.” “Not one really…I am still upset and that…

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Comeback Threesome…!

Posted on 30. Juli 202331. Juli 2023 by Barksandscales

Polyamory is hard, but sometimes it also has its moments. For example, if you end up in bed with more than one person and everyone present is more than willing to go down on each other. (As far as I know, the group-sex counting scale goes like this: Three people for a threesome, four people…

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On being Polyamourous… – In musing mood

Posted on 2. Juli 20235. Mai 2023 by Barksandscales

or… experiencing everything everywhere all at once. The nights when I don’t sleep are becoming more frequent and since the temperatures now allow it, it is not uncommon for me to find myself sitting on the riverbank at non-human hours. This night was one of those nights and after unsuccessfully trying to skip stones across…

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Why animal stories?

Posted on 21. Mai 202321. Mai 2023 by Barksandscales

During my preparations for moving, “Arbeit und Struktur” by Wolfgang Herrendorf accompanied me. Not necessarily the happiest of reads, but at least one in which I found myself emotionally. At one point the author tells how he re-reads his old youth books, on the one hand to see how far they have held up and…

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