#HeForShe… Because (An Open Letter to the Daughter I May Never Meet) [Redux] 17 Jan 201916 Apr 2019 Dear Alice Kathryn, Hey there, Ally Kat. You know, even before I met your mother I had dreams about you. Your mom and I would be laying on a couch…
#HeForShe… Feminism in the World of Disney 25 Jul 201814 Mar 2019 One of the areas that serves as a foundation for gender and race relation discussion is pop culture, and my childhood, like many, involved Disney and Pixar. Today, I want…
Writing Six Degrees of Separation: Artistic Faithfulness in Storytelling 20 Sep 2021 Today's piece is an examination of "artistic faithfulness" - the degree to which one writer borrows from another. With writing this takes on a unique form. I see a lot…
Uncategorized… Captain Marvel and the Toxic Fanboys: Rejection of the Heroine’s Journey in Pop Culture 13 Sep 2021 Baseball and soccer are not for everyone. Baseball went from America's pastime to people complaining on the regular about how slow and long the game. Soccer finally seems to be…
OCPD OCPD Versus Conservatism 16 Aug 2021 I tend to side with the liberal/Democrat perspective of the argument. The reason behind it is simple and, if I'm being honest, biased: my OCPD. Allow me to explain. Conservatives…
Writing Dense Writing: One Writer’s Principles 10 Aug 2021 (I like to write these pieces with an authoritative and knowing voice. Let's be clear from the start that this is not prescriptive. I am sharing my approach to writing…
anxiety… Mental Health and Sexuality 9 Aug 20219 Aug 2021 We need to begin this post with a pure truth: definitions describe; they do not prescribe. Some definitions are by their nature comparative. For example, I could describe myself as…
anxiety The Five (Unofficial) Levels of Panic Attack 5 Aug 2021 Not all panic attacks hit the same. I determined five distinct categories of panic attack that I use to relate my experience to those who are fortunate enough not to…
anxiety Death and Anxiety 23 Jul 2021 Trigger warning should be self evident here. For all that we do understand about death (it would be wrong to say we do not understand it at all - science…
Uncategorized An Open Letter to J.K. Rowling 22 Jul 2021 Hi Ms. Rowling, I have to be honest - despite my age I did not jump on the Harry Potter bandwagon with my peers. My first real exposure to the…
Writing Mjolnir, Blackface, and The Manic Pixie Dream Girl – Literacy with Writing 22 Jul 2021 Steve Rogers: But if you put the hammer in an elevator? Tony Stark: It'll still go up. Steve Rogers: Elevator's not worthy.Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) Fiction is not non-fiction,…
anxiety A Brief History of the Millennial 15 Jul 2021 Each morning I would arrive at school, say the Pledge of Allegiance (which I had done my entire life and never questioned as bizarre or authoritarian). Sure, I loved living…
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