
Farewell, Anita Sarkessian
She's an incredibly driven woman with tremendous skill and much to offer the world. She may not always get it right, but she is out the

A Lesson in Tribalism
Human beings tend to decide things based on emotion and then use facts and reason to rationalize their decision after the fact. Even being


Seizing the High Ground
In such a divided world, people are quick to dehumanize, deperson, and otherize their opposition, cutting off all ties. They create insular


Stranger than Fiction (Part 1)
Whether we care to admit it or not, attractiveness (of either gender) affects our perception of people in terms of their honesty, trustworth


Of Strange and Impossible Things
All actions have consequences but we can only affect what we do in the moment. We can't change the past, but we can change how we feel


An Open Letter to Alyssa Milano
Part of what I've set out to do is to help people see past their ideological differences. To work together to #HealTheDivide and to fin


Crossing the Abyss
When I peered across the chasm, I didn't see a screeching demon, but a human being, just like me. A simple girl just trying to make her


What Is Your Purpose?
It's a false dichotomy to say that either everything is a matter of choice or everything is the result of systemic forces. Realisticall

Overcoming Negativity
Life is a journey. One we're all on together and which never really ends. We're all still traveling, all still learning, all still

Ending the Culture War
We're all reluctant soldiers in a culture war that started hundreds of years ago, by people who are all dead now, of which this is just