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Category: Personal

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…
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.…
Critical Thought…

Why I’ll Never Be an Author

25 Aug 2020
Tell her to make it short and spicy. And if the main character is a girl, make sure she's married by the end. Or dead, either way. - Mr. Dashwood,…
Personal…

Another Appeal Against Late-Stage Capitalism

20 Aug 2020
In the past I have tried to dance around the language of economics a bit. Any critique of capitalism seems to confirm that the critic is a Marxist/socialist/communist. The philosopher…
Critical Thought…

A Teddy Obsession (A Sort of Gerwig’s Little Women Review)

11 Aug 202010 Aug 2020
When I finally got around to reading Little Women in college, it immediately became one of my favourite stories. Jo and Meg charmed me (admittedly, I found Amy annoying on…
#HeForShe…

Why I Stepped Away from Feminist Twitter

27 Jul 2020
In the era of reactionary vitriol, allow me to begin by stating that feminism is important and very much necessary today. I know some readers will interpret a piece like…
Mental Health…

An Escapist’s Tale of OCPD (or What Makes a Good Man?)

10 Jul 2020
I have memories of walking around my college campus before evening class in the autumn. I was still using a portable CD player, and my regulars at the time were…
Personal…

Society Treats Individuals Differently – It Cannot Treat Them Discriminately

30 May 2020
Humans were once hunters and gatherers. If the food became scarce in one region, the humans would have to move to another to feed themselves. This process changed during the…
Personal

Exceptional America

29 May 2020
My whole life, I believed that America was number one. That was the saying; not "America is number two." England is number, and China should be, like, eight. - Michael…
Personal…

Love in the Time of Ideology

12 Apr 2020
I never gave much thought to the character of Captain America until Chris Evans brought him to life in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As the character unfolded across several films…

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