Those who attempt to mash philosophical meaning into adult cartoons are usually off the mark. However, BoJack Horseman deserves the overthink, as it is a great nuanced discussion about mental health.
Suicide Is Still a One-Way Conversation
Despite our greater education on the subject, the topic of suicide is anything but a discussion.
Still Ill: Categorizing the Mentally Ill Allows Us to Ignore Their Danger Signs
After a suicide, we often ask what we could have done and we shout that if only that mentally ill person asked for our help, we’d help. That is a delusion.
Yes, I Am Sex Positive. No, I Will Not Have Sex with You.
As someone who is open to discussing sex, I’ve often been approached on the assumption that I have a casual attitude toward it.
In Defense of Casual Sex
Perhaps due to the wealth of information available on the subject, my generation struggles with the concept of casual sex. Maybe we’re overthinking it.
Learn from the Poetry of Dead Writers, Then Let Them Die
In an age where we overanalyze art (and those who created it) to death, poetry is a singular force. It is what it is and forever has value because of it.
“Cat Person” and the Illusion of Power
The lesson that some have taken from “Cat Person” is that it represents the sexual power that women exercise over men; unfortunately, the opposite is always true.
Star Wars’ Female Fandom Is Positive – We Makeup Half the Galaxy After All
After a makeup company partnered with the Star Wars brand, there was resistance. Why? We’re just finally getting our unique shade of fandom. Embrace it.
Post-Weinstein: Calling Women “Strong” Merely Enables the Weak
The current rhetoric of long-buried sexual abuses toward women being outed is important, but our focus remains on the wrong party.
The Weinstein Post-Mortem: Boys Will Be Boys, but Seldom Men
As the narratives spool from Weinstein’s actions, we should just focus on one: the words of the man himself. His trite barbs illustrate how easily history will repeat.
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