Quote for the Day – Thomas Merton

200px-TMertonStudy“If you write for God you will reach many men and bring them joy. If you write for men–you may make some money and you may give someone a little joy and you may make a noise in the world, for a little while. If you write for yourself, you can read what you yourself have written and after ten minutes you will be so disgusted that you will wish that you were dead.”~ Thomas Merton, Seeds of Contemplation

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Word of the Day – Cisgender

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  • Noun:  Cisgender
    1. a word that applies to the vast majority of people, describing a person who is not transgender. If a doctor announces, “It’s a girl!” in the delivery room based on the child’s body and that baby grows up to identify as a woman, that person is cisgender.
    2.  actual gender
    3. The rejection of the belief that your gender can change by merely *thinking* that you’re a different gender.
  •  Synonyms:
    1. nontransgender
  • Usage:

 “Someone who most likely had never heard the word “cisgender” until he or she read this.” ~~  One of the answers in the quiz linked below

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Quote for the Day – Timothy Eagan, New York Times Editorialist quoting John F. Kennedy

‘Or he could take the advice of President John F. Kennedy. He believed in an America “where no religious body seeks to impose its will directly or indirectly upon the general populace or the public acts of its officials.”’ ~~ Timothy Eagan, New York Times Editorialist quoting John F. Kennedy

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