If you've ever been disillusioned from a belief system you were indoctrinated into as a child, it's understandable that you'd bear some animosity towards it.
And when I drew the straw that broke the camel's back I had to watch a part of me crumble into dust without as much as a warning. I was mad....
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Sunday, June 18, 2017
And Open Letter To All LGBTQIA+ Family Members; #Pride2017
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Hey, it is June which means Pride month and I just wanted to say Happy Pride to everyone. I've been writing these posts for about two and a half years on and off and it's really weird to think...
Sunday, June 4, 2017
White Men Using Racial Slurs For Edgy Comedy
Louis CK does a brilliant piece in which he comments on how white commentators get away with saying "nigger" by sort of patronizingly saying "the n-word". I love this bit, but then right after he kind of finds himself guilty of doing the same thing Bill Maher recently did, and that's using a racial...
Friday, June 2, 2017
Tragic Backstories; How To Do Them Right
When I think of the many sobstories of characters throughout various media that have never really managed to grab me to the point where my only thought is "tragic backstory is tragic", I started noticing patterns. A lot of stories rely on the punch of a character's history. And if that history...
