Hey, y'all. Not dead, just hella busy with college. I don't even know if anyone still checks this (you know who you are, girl.) but just wanted to let you know I'm doing good. Also, my first appointment at the U of M's gender clinic is October 15th! I'm so pumped!!
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A murderous mime: Silent But Deadly
When Barack Obama was president, Republicans would demand that he release his birth certificate to prove he was born in America. This wave of racist madness was started by our current president. Personally, I do not care where our president was born, mainly because our past presidents have proven that America does not produce the most morally sound...
One common tactic for deterring teenagers from making bad decisions such as drinking and driving or texting and driving is scare tactics, but do they truly teach teenagers to make good decisions, or do they simply cause trauma? Commercials intended to prevent drunk or distracted driving or drug abuse often use shocking or graphic imagery and...
Many older folks will claim the common thread of mass shootings is that the shooters all played violent video games, however, the first mass shooting occurred before the first video game came out. Howard Unruh killed 13 people on September 6, 1949, over two decades before the first video game, Computer Space, was released in 1971. Before video...
With a complex medical history, finding answers to why I'm not feeling well is a struggle of its own. Doctors don't like to say "I don't know", so they just tell me that there is nothing wrong. This can get beyond frustrating when I am unhealthy and they do not know why, and I know they don't know why. At...
If you don't fit the cookie-cutter idea of normal, high school can be hard, socially. My advice is to embrace your uniqueness. Be proud of what makes you stand out. If everyone were identical and generic, the world would be a painfully boring place. Embrace the weird.
My favorite show on TV is TruTV's Impractical Jokers, a show of four lifelong friends from Staten Island competing to embarrass each other. One thing I love about these guys is that they're all so confident, despite their flaws. One of them, Salvatore "Sal" Vulcano, has a crippling feline fear. Cats terrify him. I relate to him most...
I was doing some research for a paper for my World Literature class and discovered something. I may have found a case for a First Amendment lawsuit. The computers block certain LGBT blogs that are perfectly appropriate. This violates the First Amendment.