What happens when an advertisement is out of line with a company’s real objectives… — Maybe your screen has been blessed with this anxiety-causing, seizure-inducing advertisement from Back Market. Sorry, it’s infectious. The Arby’s-like voice tells us Back Market is a “People’s Tech Revolution” and also an “online marketplace that is ruining Big Tech’s day.” But, how true is that…

The anxiety is back. — I silence my alarm on the first ring, before my SO is stirred from her sleep. I slither out of bed, removing the blanket from my body in quiet folds, each pull of a muscle gradual and patient, absent of all sound, for fear of waking the same. The showerhead…

The best solution to being alone is to create friends. — The System TikTok is estimated to have over 100 million users in the US, and 70% of all teenagers in the country use the app monthly. We have arrived at the intersection of teenaged angst, mental health, and budding identity manifesting on camera for clout and views. One of the biggest trends…

From ‘Antifa’ to the ‘communist media’, Trump supporters always have an excuse to avoid accountability. — I’m so tired of the excuses. Most of my social sphere has connections in small town America, so the constant barrage of outlandish explanations and outright dismissals of yesterday’s events are sickening, sad, and pathetic. Seriously, has the cult gone so far that those actively sharing conspiracy theories have no…

Mass media and the importance of brevity present wordsmiths with difficult decisions. Word choices will have far reaching effects for social movements. — Part of progress is convincing the other camp that change is a’comin’ and there will be a right side of history. Essential to that goal is considering how people will receive a message. English and Rhetoric courses in Humanities programs around the country emphasize tailoring a message to a specific…

They say hindsight is 20/20, but in the age of Trumpism, I’d argue it’s 20/15. …

A critique of Bon Appétit’s biggest martyr — The Overview There are a number of concessions that need to be said before the truth of this subject can be discussed, so lets get those out of the way: Racism is bad. Unequal pay for equal work is bad. Bon Appétit’s former Editor-in-chief Adam Rapoport was rightfully dismissed for behavior unbecoming…

October 4, 2019: The Scope My feet dangled off the hospital bed, stretching from somewhere inside a loose-fitting, roller-rink-astronomical-carpet-patterned gown, probably worn by people much sicker and terminal than I was. That didn’t stop my ill mood. The nurses zipped by beyond the white privacy curtain. …