#HeForShe · Critical Thought · Personal

On Little Women: Jo the Ladybird

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 times in other recent posts, I realised that me complicated feelings towards Laurie and Amy would make for an interesting examination. As much as I… Continue reading On Little Women: Jo the Ladybird

Personal

Being One Man’s Personal Account on Sex

Sex, being such an obvious component of man-woman relationships, is a topic that occurs broadly when I examine gender inequality: the power dynamics, the social expectations, and so forth. Rarely do I discuss sex itself because the only reliable perspective I have on the subject is my own and that always felt far too personal… Continue reading Being One Man’s Personal Account on Sex

#HeForShe · Personal · Social Contract

I Might Be a Terrible Feminist, and I’m Too Afraid of What I Might Find Out

I have danced around this topic several times before, and perhaps this will be but another in a series of failures to fail. Over the course of the last ten to fifteen years, I have been in the OCPD-riddled process of attempting to write a novel. As I learn and develop a process, I scrap… Continue reading I Might Be a Terrible Feminist, and I’m Too Afraid of What I Might Find Out

Mental Health · Personal · Social Contract

Who Isn’t Behind the Curtain? (Dunning-Kruger Effect, Impostor Syndrome, and a World of Uncertainty)

I take IQ tests as an antidote to boredom. A score over 130 is routine - sometimes exceeding 140 or 150 depending on the test. No, I am not a genius. The only way I could outperform the general population on an exam by a wider margin is to make the exam about my personal… Continue reading Who Isn’t Behind the Curtain? (Dunning-Kruger Effect, Impostor Syndrome, and a World of Uncertainty)

#HeForShe · Mental Health · Personal

Aesthetics and Human Attraction – a Personal Account

I want to discuss what I consider a riskier topic today - attraction. What better way for a socially anxious, aspiring ally to begin than to derail the entire discussion with qualifiers to assuage my guilt for wanting to discuss it, right? First, this is not common from an academic, psychological perspective, and what I… Continue reading Aesthetics and Human Attraction – a Personal Account