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A Deeper Look at Coloring Books
These books first came out to induce submission in children.
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N-N-1 October 31, 2017
This was a fun post to write, because it took a village. In an atmosphere of increasing divisiveness, people from all walks of life, from all over the world, got together to do one thing: Take a photograph at 6 pm (their time zone) on the 31st of October. If you’re mathematically inclined, in N-N-1…
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One HONY of a Debate: My Thoughts on BDSM
If you do Facebook, you’ve probably come across at least one post from the “Humans of New York” page. The stories are always fascinating. Sometimes tragic, sometimes triumphant, they never cease to make you think. But a recent post is causing quite an uproar. This one is about a 21 year old girl whose parents…
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Intentional Helplessness
A friend once told me about his aunt, who, as a teenager, decided to sit down in a chair and not get up, to the point where months later, she couldn’t. She never walked again. Stuff like that pisses me off. It’s manipulative and counterproductive and, frankly, mentally ill. But she had to have had…