Culture
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Obscenity, Applauded
Note from the author: I’ll admit, the featured image doesn’t quite capture the full weight of what follows—but let’s be honest, anything that did would probably stir up a whole different kind… Read more.
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A Curriculum of Compliance
Author’s Note — To the Real Teachers Who May Read This: I know what follows may feel unfair. It doesn’t speak to the handful of students whose lives were genuinely… Read more.
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They Renamed the Fire, but Still We Burned
When I first encountered George Orwell’s 1984, I was too young to fully appreciate what I was reading. I picked it up for the accelerated reader points, not the politics—some required… Read more.
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We Are Fucking Tired
This article isn’t like the others I’ve written. It’s not a careful analysis. It’s not a call to action, a thesis, or even a particularly structured argument. It’s a rant—one… Read more.
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The Myth of the Middle Ground
“The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.”— Hannah Arendt The Comfort of Compromise In 1938,… Read more.
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Welded Smiles and Hidden Truths
There’s an old movie I used to love. It told the story of a forgotten man locked in a dungeon, his identity stolen, his face hidden from the world by… Read more.
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Terms of Surrender
Author’s Note This article explores the psychology of surrender—its many forms, its emotional undertones, and its misunderstood power. Because it touches on themes like dominance and submission, it’s important to… Read more.
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The Slow Erasure of the Unremarkable
Faces in the Crowd Picture your morning commute: you’re packed shoulder to shoulder on a bus or subway car, faces so familiar you’d know them by silhouette alone. There’s the… Read more.
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Foundations of Glass
A Metaphor for Modern Life You walk into a pristine living room, the kind that garners dozens of likes on Instagram. Sunlight spills across a minimalist bookshelf, artfully staged with… Read more.
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The Grafting of a Savior’s Halo
The air was thick with smoke and the stench of blood. Explosions rattled the jagged ridge, and cries for medics cut through the chaos. Men were dying—most already had. The… Read more.
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The Door Was Never Locked
“I freed a thousand slaves; I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.”— (attributed to) Harriet Tubman Most of us have felt that chilly knot… Read more.
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My Writing Is Sub-Optimal
By modern writing standards, what you’re about to read may seem ill-advised. It’s too long, it doesn’t aim for quick consumption, and it dares to drift away from the usual… Read more.
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Graveyard of Empires, Graveyard of Ideals
Let’s talk about a number that might soon give you goosebumps: 250 years. It’s a neat, round figure—easy to remember, fun for a soundbite—but there’s something ominous about it. Why? Because… Read more.
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No Place to Go
It’s a Wednesday night—the kind of night that should feel ripe with possibility. You’ve finished work or school, and the evening is yours. But instead of heading out into a… Read more.
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The Masks We Choose
You meet someone for the first time. A glance, a handshake, a polite exchange of names. Before either of you utters a meaningful sentence, subtle cues and silent judgments have… Read more.
