If I were to tell you that I have a doctor’s appointment next week, how do you visualize my doctor? Are they male or female? How old are they? What’s their ethnicity? Chances are that in our society that is dominated by White Supremacy, you visualized a white male doctor. Even if you didn’t, you

It strikes me as both fascinating and sad that although words exist in other languages from other cultures to describe this concept of mutuality and interconnectedness, there is no such word in English. I’m not an etymologist and I do know that English is an amalgam of many different languages from both Germanic and Latin

On the last day of Pride Month, the New York Times published “I’m Gay, Not Queer. That Matters,” by Matthew Vines, a free-to-read opinion piece. Vines is both quite famous and infamous, apparently, though as an old(er) gay exvangelical, I didn’t have much of an idea of who he was until I encountered him during

I love horror films. I didn’t always love them. I’m not even sure when that shifted. I always loved mysteries and thrillers with a twist; stories like the short ones on The Twilight Zone were always some of my favorites. I didn’t watch much horror when I was growing up. I guess partly because I

I find basic human interactions interesting. I suppose I always have. Specifically the social norms and cues of politeness and small talk between strangers and acquaintances. The United States is a massive nation and I know that interactions and figures of speech and vary greatly depending upon the region one is from. I was raised

I have a few fuzzy memories from kindergarten, but one that is very clear is sitting at a table with some crayons and a coloring page. I began to color and I tried so hard to make sure that I stayed inside the lines, but I just couldn’t. No matter what, that crayon would stray