I spent a lot of time over the last week with the saying “You are not required to set yourself on fire to keep other people warm”. I built some cool memes to share around, and I then created a bunch of stuff for my stores on Etsy and this website. And of course, that led to me thinking about the saying a lot.

In case you were wondering what “enthusiastic consent” looks like. What enthusiastic consent looks like: Ready?In a minute.Yet?Not quite.Yet?Yes!Like this? Or this?Both, and neither. Like this. Like this?Oh yes? And is this the way, or this?Oh, this. Oh, THIS!More? or Less?More! oh, oh. Oops. I meant less.My turn? Please?Of course. …

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Boundaries: Four Levels and Four Circumstances In the article I published earlier this week on physical boundaries, I went into great detail about the four levels (avoid, ask, tell, and demand) and four circumstances (public, work, and school, friends, and family, and intimate relationships) in which we set boundaries. You …

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Four “Levels” of Boundary Setting Behavior: Today I’m going to be providing scripts for setting physical boundaries. Before I start, I’ll go over the four different levels of boundary-setting behaviors, and four common sorts of social situations where people will be expected to set boundaries. This information will also be …

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