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Published in An Injustice!

·18 hours ago

Homosexuality Was Banned at My School, and It Had a Devastating Effect on Everybody

We can’t afford to be passive in response to the march toward authoritarianism — The American public needs to recognize that if your community doesn’t demonstrate tolerance for homosexuality, it puts EVERYBODY at risk. The recent wave of anti-gay legislation put forth by Republican politicians is terrifying. Unfortunately, the passive centrists/moderates always behave as if the positions of radical fascists are legitimate talking points.

LGBTQ

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Homosexuality Was Banned at My School, and It Had a Devastating Effect on Everybody
Homosexuality Was Banned at My School, and It Had a Devastating Effect on Everybody
LGBTQ

6 min read


Published in Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs

·3 days ago

I Finally Got a Boost and It’s Hilariously Ironic

There’s no way an algorithm made this choice — Today is March 21st. The boost was announced on February 21st. Like most of the writers on this platform, I was excited to see what would happen when something of mine was chosen. As I write this, I’m sitting at 7,500 followers. I also do a weekly column for The…

Writing

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I Finally Got a Boost and It’s Hilariously Ironic
I Finally Got a Boost and It’s Hilariously Ironic
Writing

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Published in An Injustice!

·4 days ago

Anti-Trans Activists Display a Chilling Indifference to Real Human Suffering

The debate is often directed onto inconsequential concerns, while issues of murder and suicide are ignored — I recently wrote an article about how my daughter played basketball against a transgender girl. It was a wonderful experience. Everybody had fun. The only people present who made anyone uncomfortable were the always hostile, conservative white men. I had a few people respond to my article with statements like…

LGBTQ

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Anti-Trans Activists Display a Chilling Indifference to Real Human Suffering
Anti-Trans Activists Display a Chilling Indifference to Real Human Suffering
LGBTQ

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Published in An Injustice!

·4 days ago

5 Tactics For Having Productive Discussions With Indoctrinated Fascists

You can’t fall into the trap of assuming ignorant people don’t have influence — Most of the people I shared my childhood with grew up to be rabid, right-wing apologists. I’ve had more experience with that philosophy than I ever wished for. Unfortunately, I’ve learned that some things don’t change. It doesn’t matter if I’m a powerless child, or an adult with multiple degrees…

Politics

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5 Tactics For Having Productive Discussions With Indoctrinated Fascists
5 Tactics For Having Productive Discussions With Indoctrinated Fascists
Politics

9 min read


Published in The Writing Cooperative

·5 days ago

Writers Need to Have a Clear Reason Why Readers Should Support Them

Take a moment to consider your “writing mission statement” — You become much more effective when you know what your audience expects of you “You’re a writer?” “Yes.” “Well, why should I support you?” “Umm — .” This is a question that writers need to prepare for. You might not realize it, but writers get “interviewed” every day. It represents…

The Reckless Writer

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Writers Need to Have a Clear Reason Why Readers Should Support Them
Writers Need to Have a Clear Reason Why Readers Should Support Them
The Reckless Writer

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Published in Cultured

·Mar 16

Linear Models Are Designed to Trick You Into Making Bad Decisions

Oversimplifications of complex topics are used to manipulate and deceive people — Whether you recognize it or not, you’ve been trained to think in a way that makes you easy to control. That training severely inhibits your ability to make an impact on the world. We often use models to create a simplified representation of reality that is easy to understand. However…

Future

11 min read

Linear Models Are Designed to Trick You Into Making Bad Decisions
Linear Models Are Designed to Trick You Into Making Bad Decisions
Future

11 min read


Published in Heart Affairs

·Updated Mar 15

When A Parent Blames A Child For Divorce

This form of betrayal is more common than you might think. — As I wrote that title, I found myself shaking my head. Our society is pretty indifferent to the idea of divorce. I would go as far as to say we’re irresponsible. Our society is irresponsible about a lot of things. I think one of the reasons people don’t spend too…

Love

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When A Parent Blames A Child For Divorce
When A Parent Blames A Child For Divorce
Love

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Published in AfroSapiophile

·Mar 15

Don’t You Dare Tell Black People They Have to “Heal”

Passive racism is every bit as evil as overt and deliberate oppression — I skimmed over an article this morning that contained language about how “a healed black person works hard and doesn’t blame white people for his problems.” Let me make it clear: those are not MY words. I didn’t click on the article because I didn’t want to inadvertently send that…

Culture

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Don’t You Dare Tell Black People They Have to “Heal”
Don’t You Dare Tell Black People They Have to “Heal”
Culture

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Published in The Writing Cooperative

·Mar 13

How I Write Three Drafts of Every Article Without Even Realizing It

When content is king, you don’t have time to revise — or do you? — The other day I gave myself a big pat on the back. I felt enormously smug because I’d cranked out an article, copied the text into the destination platform, and hit submit. “Ha, ha,” I chortled. “Yet another first draft that’s ready to publish without going through a tedious revision…

The Reckless Writer

6 min read

How I Write Three Drafts of Every Article Without Even Realizing It
How I Write Three Drafts of Every Article Without Even Realizing It
The Reckless Writer

6 min read

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