Expectations aren’t only a burden on the subject of our expectations; expectations burden us, too. We only impose on others what we’re already doing to ourselves, or what we’re willing to have done to us. Outside of basic dignity and… Continue Reading
Why are we so obsessed with the notion of being kings and queens, or some other nobility? Throughout the modern record commonly accepted as history, kings and queens got to where they were by beating down common folks, stealing from… Continue Reading
Why is having our dreams dashed a right of passage? “I was like you, all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.” “I was young once.” “It’s all downhill from here.” Why’s it more upstanding and normal to stay in society, working jobs we… Continue Reading
Despite the brilliance people have managed to fit into tweets, Tumblr posts and Facebook statuses that have gone viral, in 2018 there’s still a significant segment of society committed to either misunderstanding or distorting cultural appropriation, in the name of… Continue Reading
Black capitalism won’t save us Black communism won’t save us Black socialism won’t save us. Systems have never saved us. We are the only thing that has ever saved us and the only thing that ever will. Our deliverance is… Continue Reading
Organizing got us the weekend. Organizing got us cleaner workplaces. Organizing got us consumer safety standards. When is it gonna get us free? When we spend our weekends escaping our responsibilities, our time at work daydreaming of being somewhere else… Continue Reading
I’m not attached to what you do with whatever I say. I sometimes have preferences. In actuality though, I know that you’ll do whatever you wish with what I say. All I can do is the best job of saying… Continue Reading
If you aren’t prepared to deal with people continually self-improving and have it rub off on you, don’t date someone significantly older. You’re gonna be a drain on them. If you’re dating someone significantly older and they’re not healthily striving… Continue Reading
Culture deserves to die and societies deserve to crumble. Anything that can’t extricate itself from the empire it finds itself a part of doesn’t deserve to be sustained. Whenever culture becomes an agent of empire, it’s become a parasitic monstrosity… Continue Reading
Societies don’t crumble because of gender, sexuality, or race issues. They don’t even crumble because of greed. They succumb to their own inability to reconcile their values and actions and their refusal to atone for them. Once a society has… Continue Reading