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My dad died so early in my life that I don’t remember him. My dad abandoned my family so early in my life that I don’t remember him. My dad and I had a good relationship but he died. My dad and I had a good relationship but he abandoned me. My dad was distant…
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Losing Weight – Does It Mean Losing What Makes You Unique?
I don’t have to be as fat as I am, or get fatter than I am, in order to affirm my truth – the truth that I am queer, that I am sensitive, that I am an introvert. But I certainly do treat my fat body differently than I used to; I dress myself differently,…
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Why I Wish I Could Shake Using Male Pronouns
The biggest incentive I have to stop gendering men is that I do not want to invite the opportunity for people to gender me as a man any more than they already do. To illustrate, in the situation I had at Target, these nice women associates teamed up to help me locate a backrest pillow.…
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What Can We Really Learn From Dragon Ball?
On the philosophy and legacy of Dragon Ball and the shonen genre. As Wisecrack illustrates, Dragon Ball is not just a high-action brawler modeled after Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan movies; in essence, Dragon Ball aimed to teach Buddhist lessons of compassion and open-mindedness through its emulation of Journey to the West. Though a lot…
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(Socially Sanctioned) Ego Is Making People Fear Guilt Instead of Making Society Less Awful
Conservatives and libertarians have a tendency to assume that every single thing you do is a personal choice, and a consequence of this thinking is that you assume that you choose to participate in systems of oppression. This is the reason why a white male may have a hard time understanding that he contributes to…
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Questions The Internet Will Not Give Me An Answer To
Why is it in virtually every “after” photo or video I’ve seen of males on the internet or TV commercial involve becoming more muscular and not simply being less fat? I feel like it’s sometimes true that women’s after pics show “toned” figures, but that for men it’s a given that they have to have…
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Your Nihongo For Today
I’d like to share an important phrase I was able to construct thanks to my latest Japanese refresher lesson. ここでハンバーガーを食べないでください。 koko de hambaagaa wo tabenaide kudasai “Please don’t eat hamburgers here.” That is all.
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Personal Responsibility and a Globalist Pandemic
One of my issues with personal responsibility is that oftentimes you the individual are made to feel responsible for things that are actually out of your control. In reality, these things can be caused by nature or by other people who have power over you. For many people in the West, this is a difficult…
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COVID Pan…demonium – The Real Way It’s Messing With Our Lives
I was going to post about my grievances toward China and the United States on how their infrastructures have enabled the spread of COVID and failed to accommodate people who are at risk. But I realized today that the biggest threat we face is actually from shitty human behavior. I am socially and germ-averse, so…