The self-crit
Self-crit is the part of apologizing that people frequently ignore--and it's the only part of the apology that makes it meaningful. A...
Not all hate is created equal
When oppressors say, "I hate [group]," this most often means, "They should not be like that and/or they should not exist." When...
Forgetting and remembering childhood
Memory relies a lot on context clues. Sometimes we have a hard time remembering anything specific from our childhood, because so much of...
A freedom which is interested only in denying freedom must be denied
"At once the oppressor raises an objection: under the pretext of freedom, he says, there you go oppressing me in turn; you deprive me of...
You can't tolerate bigotry
What makes bigotry thrive is being socially acceptable enough that the bigot gains an advantage by holding their views. It is not a...
Ideology
To understand our world, it is important to understand the concept of ideology. It is a word meant to encompass everything about how we...
New beginnings
These are not good times for us. All of us need to put our energy somewhere that it can do some good in keeping the world alive. Many...
Gin Blossoms
[cw sui] Perhaps you have heard the song "Hey Jealousy" by the Gin Blossoms, especially if you're older than 30. I was initially going to...
Time makes fools of us all
I frequently reflect on what my life was likeWhat is kinda funny to me is that three or four years ago, I wrote out some of the goals for...
On being homeless
Unless you have been homeless, you probably have an incomplete idea of what homelessness is. At the moment, I am the couchsurfing sort of...