Updated 5/6/2019: Below is a commentary I wrote in August 2018 about the events leading up to my family's first response to my blog posts in 2014, a podcast. My parents claim that they never gave any kind of response until March of 2019. The podcast was re-uploaded to YouTube, which...
This is part 5 of a series on economic injustice. Click here to read from the beginning. I’m not convinced that raising the federal minimum wage is going to fix anything. This is not only because the aforementioned Self-Sufficiency Standard puts $15/hour as too low. It is also because corporations are digging in...
CW: If you love Jesus, you may need to make sure you've got spoons to hear some serious stuff I've been trying, and failing, to communicate to several people I love dearly. If you're struggling with how religion works and what it means for you, please read this. If...
This is part 4 of a series on economic injustice. Click here to read from the beginning. Twenty-One Pilots, Stressed Out I am at the doctor’s office. The small building provides mental health care and basic physical exams. Every meeting with my therapist was in a different room, they never know which ones will...
"A dancing puppet doll made of wood I bet he'd run away one day if he could choose to leave or stay He's got a string attached to every bone She's got him round her little finger so she'll never feel alone..." -Aurora, Puppet I...
"Shitty weather, bad timingLucky penny glued to the groundDirty look from total strangerHope you get lost and you're not foundTake a look at what we've becomeNothing more than silhouettes ofA pretty family on a postcardPicture perfect, I don't want itSo I hold my breath 'til my heart...
