Maybe It’s Time to Take Pride Back to Its Roots, before we are forced to.

    I saw yesterday that the Felon-in-Chief has decided to rename June as "Title IX Month" instead of Pride Month. Bold move for a guy who clearly doesn’t give a damn about women—just listen to anything he’s ever said. But like many of his rabid followers, he’s especially frightened by transgender people.   He …

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“It’s Just Joe Being Joe”: The Quiet Damage of Excusing Bad Behavior

  https://youtu.be/CPyo_wSqjrU?si=IeJse2gTh_JV4vER   I’m not sure if this is a reflection, a curiosity, or just a brain dump in motion—but the past few days I’ve been revisiting some of the sporadic blog entries I posted after I stopped writing regularly. One in particular stood out. It was a short piece from shortly after the fertilizer …

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Screaming Into the Void (And Listening for the Echo)

          Do you ever wonder if people are just tired of hearing from you?   That’s been on my mind lately—more than I expected. Ever since the fertilizer hit the ventilator, I’ve had a friend tell me, “You say too much.” And maybe I do. Maybe the resurrection of this blog …

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The Real Epidemic: Bullshit in a Lab Coat

        Fuck you, Andrew Wakefield. And Jenny McCarthy too, while we're at it. I’ve blogged about this before, but every so often, this particular rage bubble boils back to the surface like a poorly treated infection. And I get it—truly, I do. Finding out your child is autistic is life-altering. It brings …

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