It’s not up to the individual to save the world

Consumption and the capitalist dream. America loves it. I love it. The rise of dopamine when we press “place order” is doubled when we get another jolt of dopamine from a package at our front door a few days later…

The invention of the motion picture is quintessentially American

The cigar smoke in Leland Stanford’s parlor hung heavy in the air. The lucky men who attended Stanford’s elaborate dinner party in the spring of 1872 were brimming with privilege and money. Their wool vests barely buttoned around their swollen stomachs…

The double doors of the clinic automatically opened when I walked towards them. Welcoming me into the sterile, neutral-toned, overly grey medical building. I noticed the check-in desk to the left. …

Examining the lyrics of two of his most controversial songs about women

Eminem and I are almost the same age, and it feels apropos to write this article and mention our age similarities. I am definitely not in the category of stalker, or super fan. It’s not weird, so don’t…

1997 was a bad year for love

The sun.

Ancient and predictable. Rising in defiance to the dewy quiet darkness. Unfettered in its promises.

Promises that pierced through a cloudless sky right to Claudia’s eyes.

She squinted at its persistence. Welcomed into another August day. Is there hope at all?

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I am not sure it’s necessary, but it’s personal.

Sitting on crinkly paper in a hospital gown, my naked butt kept moving impatiently. Each move sent the noise from the paper echoing through the room. My feet dangled off the side of the exam table. …

Is implicit bias in the new algorithm for monetization pushing women off Medium

I started writing on medium in 2019, and the algorithm for monetization was changed around the same time. Medium went from an algorithm based on claps, to an algorithm based on time readers spent reading your article…