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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:…
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…
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How to Change Your Animal Crossing Island Name!

31 Jul 2020
Sorry, I was mistaken. You can't change the name of your Animal Crossing island. Yes, it's clickbait, but this is important and you're here now. And since you're here, you…
#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…
Social Contract

Dunning-Kruger Is My Middle Name: Empathy, Knowing How Much I Don’t Know, and Struggling in a World of “Experts”

8 Jul 2020
Where even to start? There is the mask requirement debate or the "Karen" response or the even broader state of discourse. There is the snowflake versus the deplorable. There is…

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