Excuse me while I indulge in some comic book geekery. I have to admit, I was never a Captain America fan. I came to comics when comics came to TV, where Wonder Woman, Hulk, and Spider-Man were visible and adored. The late-70s movies for Captain America weren’t interesting and didn’t tap into the 1940s FDR-lovingContinue reading “We Take Care of Our People”
Category Archives: Humanity
In the Name of Love
One of the more pernicious things I see in American – well, in Western culture is this idea that if a being loves you, any action they perform is immediately not abusive or not hurtful. Or is excused from any possible perception of harm. Or even, if a being has no hate whatsoever in theirContinue reading “In the Name of Love”
Training Beauty
Warning: this is a pretty tl;dr post with a bunch of details obscured for privacy. Feel free to skip. ~ On Facebook this week, I’ve been seeing a lovely sentiment from Lacey Sturm get shared among my friends: i want to apologize… by rupi kaur It’s the kind of thing you look at, think “ohContinue reading “Training Beauty”