I Am Not A Good Person
If there's one thing that's gotten in my way more than anything else, it's the idea that I need to be "the good one". At first glance, being good sounds…
Sobriety Is My Greatest Tool For Surviving In The United States Today
Lately, it seems there's a new piece of violent, traumatic news coming out every day. Or more accurately, multiple times a day. In the past 10 days we've had the…
Supremely Fucked
I was driving from southern Connecticut to the north shore of Massachusetts when I heard it: "Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has resigned." I felt the wind get knocked out…
Whiteness
It’s February and almost Valentine’s Day so, I’ve been trying to write about love but, something about it just kept feeling…. off.
The thing is, I’ve have been reading a lot about whiteness lately and I’ve been growing increasingly frustrated and angry with it. Now, when I say whiteness, I don’t mean actual people with light skin (though we are the ones who benefit from whiteness.) I mean the social construct that prioritizes white features, people, behaviors, history and, attitudes over those of indigenous people and people of other races. (info here) (more…)