Today’s blog may come across as a little ranty, that is not entirely my intention as I am interested in …
Monday, December 23, 2013
Friday, December 20, 2013
Pro-Life is not Anti-Woman or Anti-Choice
I’ve wavered back and forth on this for a while now, and I’ve been worried about posting it due to …
Thursday, December 19, 2013
When does Religion Become a Cult?
I have always believed that people should have the right to believe what they want and do what they want …
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
What is cheating?
I have had this conversation with a lot of people recently. What has become clear to me is that we …
Monday, December 16, 2013
Jumping Through Hoops With The ‘Flu
Last weekend I came down with the ‘flu. It was not fun. It hit me on Friday and I had …
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Versatile Blogger Award
For my second post of the day after my two week hiatus I am going to talk about myself again! …
I’m Back!
It’s been two weeks since my last blog post, this wasn’t my intention but a combination of work chaos, finals, …
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Would you donate your body to science?
The topic of donating one’s body to science came up the other day. This is something that a lot of …
Friday, November 29, 2013
Stop Whining about Privilege
A few days ago I listened to someone complain about those “privileged” people around her and how she wished she …
Thursday, November 28, 2013
What is family?
This year I was cordially uninvited from my boyfriend’s family thanksgiving. He was told that his parents wanted a time …
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Thank You Cards: The Bane of My Existence
It’s coming up to holiday season again and this reminds me of one of the most confusing parts of social …
Monday, November 25, 2013
What’s wrong with Walmart being open on Thanksgiving?
Suddenly there is outrage at the fact that Walmart and a bunch of other stores are planning on opening on …
Sunday, November 24, 2013
“You’re too white to go there”
So yesterday I wrote about the way in which it is often suggested to me (and many other women) what …
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Should we tell women what they can’t do?
A couple of weeks ago I was outside a bar on a Saturday night and a woman asked us (the …
Friday, November 22, 2013
The Right to Feel Bad
I would like to think that this doesn’t need saying, but sadly it does: we all feel differently, we all …
Thursday, November 21, 2013
The Oppression Olympics: Why can’t we all just support each other?
I observed a twitter fight yesterday between a man and a woman. They were playing what has been dubbed “The …
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Would you want to know when you’re going to die?
Death is the major universal constant in life; it is also the thing we are all most scared of talking …
What questions can we ask?
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. In reading articles about people’s experiences, a question occurred to me that applies not …
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Would you intervene if someone were being attacked?
Last week when I was walking home from work I heard a woman yell “get off me!” I turned around …
Monday, November 18, 2013
Is remorse important?
A few days ago I wrote about the ways in which we are punishing people before they commit a crime. …
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Can we comment on other people’s health?
On my lunch break last week I observed a woman glare at and the yell at a man smoking next …
Friday, November 15, 2013
Does it matter what the owner of a company thinks?
Over the past year or so there has been increasing controversy surrounding the views of the owners of certain companies. …
Thursday, November 14, 2013
What laws would you make?
We are all guilty to some extent of complaining about the laws in the country in which we live. Whether …
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
How do we know what is right?
There are many ways that people decide what is right and wrong. For a large amount of the world’s population, …
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Should we arrest people before they commit a crime?
Yes, so this question encapsulates the plot of Minority Report, along with a number of other movies. The reason I …
Sunday, November 10, 2013
What makes us human?
In a discussion on sociopaths I was having with my boyfriend he mentioned that he believed that emotions, particularly emotions …
Saturday, November 9, 2013
Marijuana the Gateway Drug: correlation versus causation
When I talked about marijuana yesterday I failed to properly address one of the key arguments people have against it: …
Friday, November 8, 2013
Should alcohol be illegal?
A couple of weeks ago a friend of mine asked me for my thoughts for a paper she was writing …
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Why do we send people to prison?
As I walk to work in the morning I often see people cleaning the sidewalks wearing Baltimore City Correctional Facility …
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
How do you know you’re right?
A couple of days ago I wrote about my somewhat relativistic view of right and wrong. I am uncomfortable at …
Monday, November 4, 2013
I don’t want to finish everything on my plate!
A few days I wrote about the inherent contradictions in how we are emphasizing the negativity of being “overweight” while …
Sunday, November 3, 2013
Would you save the small child?
I was asked a very interesting question in response to my analogy yesterday. The question I asked involved visiting a …
Saturday, November 2, 2013
Would you kill a small child?
As a vegetarian I often find myself wondering about what I would do in certain situations in other cultures. I …
Friday, November 1, 2013
Size isn’t everything: raising a generation of self conscious children
Everyone who hasn’t been living in isolation for the past 20 years knows that we have a problem with obesity. …
Halloween: Offensive or Fun?
It’s been a long day for me so I don’t have the energy to write much but I just have …
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Keeping Mental Health Secrets: Where is the adult’s safety net?
What do you do if someone confides in you about a mental health problem? I don’t mean someone talking to …
Monday, October 28, 2013
Functional Drug Use: What’s wrong with it?
I know people who use illegal drugs recreationally. They are not addicted, it has never interfered with school/work/family/etc, they just …
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Parenting: there is no right way
Over the past few years there have been a number of different favored parenting styles. Books, articles, even tv shows …
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Why is it wrong to sell sex?
I am really curious. Most people would argue that selling sex is “wrong”, it’s “bad”, and a whole host of …
Friday, October 25, 2013
The Stigma of Self-Harm
While it seems a little different this issue follows in the judgmental theme I appear to have created for the …
Thursday, October 24, 2013
What is Cultural Appropriation?
Ever since my post last week on cultural appropriation I have been trying to work out what it is exactly. …
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Should we be apologizing for privilege?
And continuing in our theme of people being judgmental assholes let’s discuss this post from Sunday on thought catalog. What …
Monday, October 21, 2013
I’m a Judgmental Bitch
Seriously. Sometimes I’m worried that there are people who can actually read other people’s minds and that they realize what …
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Using Shame as a Public Health Tool
I touched on this topic in my post on body shaming, and how it feels like shame is a tool …
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Scientists and Religionists: Please grow up!
It has long bothered me – the desire to belittle someone else’s belief system, to put it down and mock …
Friday, October 18, 2013
Apparently I’m Colorblind
Last night my boyfriend said I’m the most colorblind person he knew. It wasn’t meant as a compliment or an …
Thursday, October 17, 2013
The Turning Point: the event that changes your life
We all have a moment in our lives where we something happened that changed the course of our lives. Sometimes …
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Cultural Appropriation: is it hypocritical?
So this concept has been bothering me since the whole Miley Cyrus twerking thing started. After this a significant group …
Sunday, October 13, 2013
What is a lie?
This is going to end up being a couple of long posts, but just for tonight I have one question: …
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Does it “excuse” a behavior to say we are born with it?
A couple weeks ago I wrote a blog post arguing that our sexual desires–including “unacceptable” ones such as rape, bestiality, …
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