Personal Writer Biography and Intro to Celtic Riverside 14 Dec 2019 Hello, Reader! Welcome to Celtic Riverside! Feel free to jump around to whatever section interests you - this is not a singular piece that must be consumed in whole or…
#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…
Social Contract Thumbs Up, America 7 Nov 2020 Sorry, friends. I am going to be a downer today. I mean, I'm a downer every day but I try to take measures to conceal that from others. Those closest…
Critical Thought Do They Know It’s Christmas? [The Rules for a Christmas Movie] 21 Oct 2020 Next Saturday is Halloween, and if I have learned anything these last few years it's that this means Christmas begins on Sunday. Some window displays already feature decorations, and holiday-themed…
Social Contract My Truth and The Truth 28 Sep 2020 We are currently attending a training through work that discusses multiple aspects of communication. One of the concepts that arose during the training is the need for people to speak…
Critical Thought Sokovia Accords 26 Sep 2020 This is just for fun today. I have mentioned my Chris Evans/Captain America awakening in past entries (in short, that I knew little of Cap in the past, but the…
Uncategorized Social Media Detox – 3 Days In 24 Sep 202024 Sep 2020 I wrote the other day about my commitment to abandon social media, driving in large part by recognition of the considerable harm that social media provides cause. I reiterate that…
Personal… The Fog of War 23 Sep 2020 We face a lot of problems today. Some are holdovers from prior generations, others are unique to the modern world. A major part of me still believes that people, in…
#HeForShe Question About Trans Rights 17 Sep 202017 Sep 2020 The question is simple, but in this charged political environment you should brace for 3,000 words of qualification and background. This sort of thing can be a lightning rod for…
Uncategorized Where Do We Begin? 16 Sep 2020 A key witness in the case that ICE displayed a pattern of abuse and harassment towards detained people was deported earlier this week. I do not want to go into…
Critical Thought… Dramatic Benefit of Horror 15 Sep 2020 Writing, for me, is about healing and reconciliation. I do not mean that this is how I read all writing, but my interest in composing fiction is to that end.…
Social Contract Definitions and Labels 31 Aug 2020 I felt compelled to write today based on two events. First, the #IStandWithJK hashtag reappeared on social media, and it brought up discussion about one of her tweets in particular:…
