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…
Critical Thought Broad Street Bullies 23 Jan 2020 (This is a companion piece to Violence in Sports (Well, Ice Hockey).) I step onto the ice and hear the metal clack of my skate blade on the ice, the…
Uncategorized Violence in Sports (Well, Ice Hockey) 22 Jan 2020 I cannot speak to certain games like American football. Do I have an opinion? Sure. Something remains to be said about the lived experience of having played, and other than…
Mental Health… Little Women and a Lot of Anxiety 13 Jan 2020 People with anxiety know the pattern well. A thought occurs, then another and another. One's mind unwittingly goes down a rabbit hole of progressively unreasonable thoughts with the same subtlety…
#HeForShe… On Little Women: Jo the Ladybird 13 Jan 2020 This post might have gone any one of several different ways. Originally I felt compelled to write something about "Little Women" in general. After mentioning the story and characters several…
Critical Thought… SPOILERS: Joker – A Mental Health Review 23 Dec 2019 *****SPOILER ALERT***** If you have not seen the 2019 film "Joker" and wish to remain spoiler free, stop reading now. To discuss the way I wish to discuss, all plot…
Mental Health OCPD – My Obnoxious Christmas Personality Disorder 21 Dec 2019 Why so scared that you'll mess it up When perfection keeps you haunted? All you need is your best, my love, That's all anyone ever wanted. In 2012, Sara Bareilles…
Personal Influencers: Part VI – Literature 19 Dec 2019 The surprise concluding piece in a series about my literary influences. Find the rest of the series at these links: Films (done before conception of the series) Part I: Intro…
Personal Influencers: Part V – Twitter and Social Media 18 Dec 2019 Find the intro to the series here, and please feel free to check out parts two, three, and four! There's also a film list completed before this series. Today's list…
Personal Influencers: Part IV – Characters, Women 18 Dec 2019 Find the introduction to the series here, and please check out the second and third parts! Okay, folks - I am breaking the 30 rule but I have a good…
Personal Influencers: Part III – Characters, Men 18 Dec 2019 Check out the introduction to the series here and Part II - Celebrities. I have chose words carefully here. The characters on this list are influential - that isn't the…
