After breaking up with someone because he had depression, and it was my first relationship, I felt devastated, incomplete, like I couldn’t survive without him. Then I met someone downtown, who is fun, free-spirited, and sweet, but he still has different opinions about touch topics like weed. He smokes pretty much every day …
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Happy holidays, Marzipanlings! Please enjoy this repost from the very, very beginning stages of MM. xoxoox In a recent article written for The Herald-Sun entitled ”Recreational Hook-ups or Emotional Hang-ups?” author Kylie Harrell discusses the incoming freshman orientation at Duke University a mandatory meeting entitled “The Real Deal” where freshmen learn to make “responsible social decisions”. The article [...]
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There has been a lot of chatter around here, both on MM and on Twitter, about long distance relationships – How to make them work? DO they work in the first place? Are there tricks to making them work better? What if you are just not cut out for long distance relationships; are you a [...]
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Last month Ashley of Nourishing the Soul introduced a blogger series entitled Self Discovery, Word by Word. The prompt for October was Gratitude, and in response I wrote a post about feeling gratitude for the conversations within the LGBT community in response to the multiple teen suicides. This month the series is being hosted by [...]
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This post is a part of Scarleteen’s Blog Carnival – an internet collaborative to raise funds for an organization providing REAL, sex positive information to teens online. I am proud to be a part of this effort, and fully support Scarleteen and it’s mission. When I was a kid, I was really lucky to have [...]
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Dear Maura Kelly, You’ve broken my heart. It seems as though, no matter how hard I work – NOT to carve myself up or diet myself down – but instead to love myself exactly how I am, embracing my flaws, and sweetly reminding myself of all that I have to offer, someone comes along who [...]
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This week I am grateful that I am loved and accepted exactly the way that I am. It has been my experience that this kind of love is revolutionary. It has the power to move mountains, and make miracles happen. This kind of love is dual fold – it is the love that you feel [...]
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Well. It has been QUITE some time since we had an ask marzipan around these parts, but let it be noted that I will basically answer ANY question that you shoot my way via email [medicinalmarzipan at gmail], twitter, or leave below in the comments. I will say this about questions – I guarantee that [...]
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Two years ago I was reckless. I was busying myself with running around and making out with everyone that I set my eyes on. I was moving too quickly, forgetting to eat, and abusing my body with lack of sleep and constant motion. I went dancing every night. I got myself to a place where [...]
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Or: Being Sexy When You Don’t Fit The “Ideal” Beauty Standards Either title will do – because the idea is exactly the same. Lets ask a couple of questions shall we? Do you feel like men/women/yourdesiredsexpartner look at you like a friend instead of potential mate because of your size? Do you feel like you [...]
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Medicinal Marzipan is a blog about learning to love yourself a little bit more every day - to the best of your abilities and without any regrets.
