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  • What We’re Told Versus What’s Real

    As I get older, I find myself questioning war, foreign policy, and the stories nations tell themselves. Not from a place of hatred or ignorance, but from exhaustion and curiosity. Most…

  • Female Gothic: A Literary Tradition

    What do Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre (1847), Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca (1938), Shirley Jackson’s We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962), and Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Mexican Gothic (2020) all share? While the settings shift from the windswept moors of…

  • Answer Your Phone MF!

    We have a $1,000 “supercomputer” in our pockets that can track stars in the night sky and draft legal manuscripts, but it takes a four-step tactical checklist just to make sure…

  • What Happens to a Celebrity’s Fanbase When the Celebrity Is Single Versus in a Relationship?

    I hope this doesn’t sound “bad” or “cynical,” rather I am observing a very real, documented phenomenon in the entertainment industry called “Parasocial Fantasy. In sociology and marketing, this isn’t just…

  • Dating in 2026

    Me: I’m curious, what are your thoughts on dating for people who are in their 20s and 30s? When you go on social media, you see a lot of complaining—”red pilled”…

  • Rule Number One: Don’t Get Sunburnt to Begin With

    A lot of things are metaphors. But let’s talk literally here. Prevention is always the best method. But, life happens. Without sufficient foreshadowing, we impulsively and gleefully go for a “mental…

  • Social Etiquette; Talking to Strangers 

    Part I. Outline Be a klutz. Be awkward. Mess up. To get stronger, one must do reps. Socializing is no different. You must approach and try your style before you get…

  • RIP Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez

    On September 12, 2025, ICE agents conducting a “targeted enforcement mission” and attempted to stop a vehicle driven by Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez, a 38-year-old Mexican national, in Franklin Park, Illinois. The encounter…

  • Cookie-Cutter Cities

    Why do American towns and cities look similar, meanwhile European towns and cities look quaint and unique? Most European towns are extremely old and developed organically long before cars, national chains,…

  • Stepping on Her Shoes and Spilling Your Drink on Them

    We hear a lot how “men are attracted to fertility, youth, and beauty” and women care more about “resources, maturity, and kindness.”[1] Let’s break down what women want.  Saying women mostly care…