A Glimpse Inside the Head of a Schizophrenic
A taste of what it’s like inside the head of a schizophrenic (Travis, don’t watch this one. Seriously).
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Cutting Out Love
A lot of my fiction deals with characters who try to stifle or completely eliminate strong emotion. This is a theme I come back to quite a lot, as I tend to hate feeling – and especially exhibiting – strong emotion. Especially strong emotional attachment, like love. As you grow up, you realize that strong
Quote of the Day
“So I’ve never gotten the bad boy thing… I like good boys. Nice, earnest ones with a scary intellect and a heart of pure tempered carbon steel.. So why did it take me until I was 36 to realize that this is because I’m not a good girl?” Suddenly, my dating history makes a lot
About 15 Minutes…
There’s a new girl at work who was introduced to us here in the IT room. She’s quite lovely, petite, and blond, and the lot of us engaged her in our usual sort of introductory banter. As the boys and I chatted with her, I found myself thinking about how much easier introductions must be
Sleepless Nights
Malaysia’s Muslim men are suffering sleepless nights and cannot pray properly because their thoughts are distracted by a growing number of women who wear sexy clothes in public, a prominent cleric said. Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, the spiritual leader of the opposition Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, said he wanted to speak about the “emotional abuse”
The Life of American Vagabounds
La Vida de Vagabundos Americanos
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Whether You Acknowledge it or Not…
Yes, you take it with you. Being top of the pile means that whites are peculiarly and uniquely insensitive to race and racism, and the power relations this involves. We are invariably the beneficiaries, never the victims. Even when well-meaning, we remain strangely ignorant. The clout enjoyed by whites does not reside simply in an
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Group Conformity
One of my fav social experiments: Asch conformity experiments Demonstrating the power of one person speaking up and making a fuss. Groups need the impulsive individuals to keep them honest. This is why I speak up and talk back. If you don’t, it’s very possible that no one else will. If you do speak, it’s