Op-Eds
democracy
Patriotism can be dangerous, but South Korea shows it’s necessary
Without tender patriotism, a healthy democracy cannot exist.
Op-Eds
You’re cancelled: a choose your own adventure
Before we decide which adventure to choose, let’s establish that we’re assuming two things: You are very close with a person who did a very bad thing, and that there is evidence that they did it.
Op-Eds
Don’t dismiss Appalachia
I do not propose that their solutions to being ignored, like voting predominantly for Trump and other right-wing populists, are correct responses.
foreign
When home becomes a foreign place
Struggling to grapple with this difference, I set out to find mementos — pictures, journals, old scratched CDs — searching through the puzzle to see where I could fit in, and find a sense of belonging.
busy
Take “busy” off the pedestal
We are worsening our routines and encouraging others to do the same. We’ve internalized the idea that more work leads to more success.
Halloween
Scary movies are scary and also bad
I have better things to freak out over than fictional monsters.
crop tops
Halloween needs more men in crop tops
Satisfaction in the self can only come from experimentation and being allowed to express your style the way you want to.
Halloween
The peristeronic postmodernism of Halloween
“Who are you supposed to be?” That’s a bit loaded, isn’t it? Aren’t we all trying to figure out what we’re supposed to be?
Op-Eds
My house is changing
And sometimes it’s hard, but this change is a chance to make a new world for myself, in a new place that I get to see change while I do, too.