Rethinking Victimhood
“Don’t be a victim.” “You have a victim mentality.” “I’m not a victim.” “I’m not like a typical victim.” These statements are often normalized and…
Justice and Advocacy
Children Do Not Belong to You
Content warning: this piece discusses child abuse and neglect. “Children, you are about to be told one more time that you are America's most valu…
Revealing Poverty: The Legacy of Barbara Ehrenreich
One of my favorite authors passed away two days ago. Her name was Barbara Ehrenreich, and I continue to draw inspiration from her. She wrote with cutt…
Radical Thoughts About the Anti-Work Movement
Over the past several months, an online community has come together in the name of “Anti-Work.” There are several tenets that can be gathered from the…
The Right to Not Reproduce
It is possible to be shocked but not surprised. As you likely know already, the Supreme Court of the United States declared this morning that abortio…
Close Clarity
I entered adulthood wholly uneducated and unprepared for life. I was homeschooled until I was 19. When I tried attending a local university while livi…
Heartlessness and Hate, Part 2
In Christian homeschool speech and debate, we were told that we were learning logic and critical thinking. What we learned was a kind of feigned intel…
Heartlessness and Hate, Part 1
Many people have asked me about speech and debate and whether it helped me with my communication and critical thinking skills. Now that a decade has p…
Standing Time
How long can you stand up? For most able-bodied people, the question usually comes up when evaluating work. People who can work on their feet are expe…