#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…
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,…
Uncategorized Marvel Strike Force – War Teams 21 Jul 2021 This one is just for fun. For those who have no idea what is being discussed here, Marvel and developer Scopely put out a mobile game called Marvel Strike Force…
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…
Mental Health & Pop Culture Let It Go: Disney’s Frozen and Mental Health 1 Jul 20212 Jul 2021 Disney released Frozen at an interesting time during my life. Having grown up a devout Disney fan, I knew every classic up through Lilo & Stitch like the back of…
anxiety Anxiety: The Moving Target 24 Jun 202123 Jun 2021 TW: suicide The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition (DSM-V) does a brilliant job, as it should, of casting a wide net with its diagnostic criteria. As…
anxiety Doctored If You Do, Doctored If You Don’t: Where Phobia Meets Anxiety 22 Jun 202121 Jun 2021 TW: Medical (including needles) Imagine waking up on a deserted isle completely alone. For the average person it would be a terrifying experience, but for you the real terror of…
anxiety… My Mental Health Diagnoses 16 Jun 202115 Jun 2021 Today is a more clinical post. While this blog explores the nature of living with mental health issues on a personal, anecdotal level, I thought I would take one post…
OCPD One Man’s OCPD: Part I – An Atheist’s* Faith 11 Jun 2021 This blog addresses the topic of OCPD frequently and often with anecdotes to highlight the lived experience of the disorder. The thing about OCPD though, like many mental illnesses, is…
