Social Commentary
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Children of Hephaestus
Author’s Note With most of my posts, we’ve been unearthing the roots of the world we inhabit—tracing the systems beneath society, seeing not just what they are but why they were placed, and what… Read more.
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The Shape of Shame
Most people—if they pause long enough—can remember someone who simply stopped showing up. Sometimes it was the kid who asked too many questions in Sunday school, or the boy who… Read more.
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The Fire and the Fold
Author’s Note I, personally, am not religious. But I try—intentionally—to live a deeply moral and ethical life, having come to the conclusion long ago that any just god would understand… Read more.
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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 Calendar Isn’t a Moral Compass
“It’s 20XX—how are we still doing this?”~Too many people, too often. I remember the first time I heard someone utter these words in a tone of bewildered frustration, like the… 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 Smothering of a Name
The cold bit through her thin sweater as she walked beyond the sagging gates. Snow crunched underfoot, and the wind whipped across the barren yard. She was only thirteen. Yet… 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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The Candle That Changed Nothing
It’s the end of a long, punishing day. You shut your laptop, eyes stinging from the glare, a headache pulsing in your temples. The world has been tugging at you… Read more.
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Bathed in Blue and Red
The sirens wail like distant wolves, echoing through once-deserted streets. Neon flashes of blue and red streak across the blacktop, bathing everything in a strobing, surreal glow. A trio of riot… Read more.
