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Aug 24, 2021

Going Back

“Your name tag has to say where you’re from. What do you want me to put?” My boss smiled politely as he waited for my answer. “Can you put Costa Rica?” I asked, and he laughed before saying, “Sure.” I wasn’t from Costa Rica. I had just spent a year…

Mwc Reentry

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Going Back
Going Back
Mwc Reentry

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Aug 10, 2021

Claiming My Space

One of the first things I noticed when I moved to New York City was the way New Yorkers would make themselves at home anywhere. On the subway I observed riders eating dinner, taking a nap, applying makeup and even crying, as if the F Train was their living room…

Mwc Space

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Claiming My Space
Claiming My Space
Mwc Space

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May 1, 2021

YouTube Blocked My Video Questioning Content Blocking Practices

Yesterday I hosted a virtual event entitled Re-Evaluating Social Media: Where do we go from here?, where we discussed issues surrounding social media including algorithms, content moderation and privacy. In an ironic twist, the YouTube Live video of our panel discussion was blocked less than 12 hours after our livestream…

You Tube

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YouTube Blocked My Video Questioning Content Blocking Practices
YouTube Blocked My Video Questioning Content Blocking Practices
You Tube

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·Jan 8, 2021

Social Media and the Road to January 6th

Wednesday’s insurrection should have been a surprise to exactly no one. Division and outright rage have been reaching a boiling point for several years now, and we’ve watched Trump fervently stir the pot since Biden was declared the winner of the presidential election. Much of the provocation from the President…

Politics

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Social Media and the Road to January 6th
Social Media and the Road to January 6th
Politics

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Nov 6, 2020

Finding Common Ground

The US election results (or lack thereof) have been the shock heard round the world, and it isn’t just the protests, pre-mature claims of victory, and accusations of fraud that have people unsettled — it’s the closeness of the race. A landslide win was projected for Biden by many, but…

Politics

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Finding Common Ground
Finding Common Ground
Politics

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Jul 20, 2020

Why I Support JK Rowling

Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional nor an expert on transgender issues. I am no more qualified to have or express an opinion on these topics than any of the other thousands of people weighing in and throwing stones. In all honesty I had not been following the recent…

Transgender

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Why I Support JK Rowling
Why I Support JK Rowling
Transgender

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Apr 18, 2020

Schrodinger, Hygge and Mindfulness — My Survival Bag for Stressful Times

I came into this strange season of pandemic and isolation at the tail end of what has already been the strangest and most difficult time of my life, making it a bit like the final quarter of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland… are all of the oddities encountered at that stage…

Mindfulness

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Schrodinger, Hygge and Mindfulness — My Survival Bag for Stressful Times
Schrodinger, Hygge and Mindfulness — My Survival Bag for Stressful Times
Mindfulness

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May 20, 2019

Ideals Are a Luxury

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs suggests that, in order for an individual to be motivated to achieve higher needs, their lower needs must be met first. That is to say that if a person does not have their most basic needs being met (food, water, air, sleep), they are not going…

Psychology

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Ideals Are a Luxury
Ideals Are a Luxury
Psychology

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Apr 30, 2019

The Shaming Must Stop

Growing up in a literalist Christian church, I was taught from a young age that people are born inherently sinful. Man is born with a sinful nature which makes him deserving of hell, hence the need for a redeeming savior who bore the punishment for us. …

Parenting

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The Shaming Must Stop
The Shaming Must Stop
Parenting

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Apr 10, 2019

Taming Your Rebellious Writing

As a writer, conceiving a new idea can be much like deciding to conceive a child. Starry-eyed and full of anticipation, you dream about how beautiful and perfect this story will be. You imagine with romanticism the late nights of sitting up tending to it, picturesque, a labor of love…

Writing

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Taming Your Rebellious Writing
Taming Your Rebellious Writing
Writing

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