Wow, have we grown rude and unruly! Here’s why we should reconsider this tact. — According to the Dictionary: Civility: courtesy; politeness. a polite action or expression:an exchange of civilities. civilization; culture; good breeding. I’ll start this article with a lovely story, an example of actual civility, a rare moment between strangers of openness and humbleness, of consideration toward others.

Here’s why, and here’s how you can be a bad-ass without the “b*tch” — First, a quick basic introduction to some sexist stereotyping that lays the groundwork for the “b*tch” conundrum of women feeling like they have to claim the title “b*tch” to showcase and own their strength and confidence, as though being a “b*tch” is synonymous with these things. In our culture, women…

Micro-managing and infantilizing will make them not as inclined to do good work — Recently, someone I know left work sick one afternoon. She’d emailed the people in her team and let them know she’d either leave one hour early or two. She wasn’t sure and would let them know. She emailed her boss the same thing. She ended up heading out at 4…

Aka America, this fast sinking, imploding ship — #1- Women have lost their right to bodily autonomy This is big, folks. About as big as it gets. When an entire group of people loses the right to choose an outcome with their bodies, as monumental as giving birth or not. Here’s why, in a nutshell: Because even if you personally don’t agree with abortion, which is A-Ok…

We’ve grown into a society that spends lots of time performing. Here’s why that’s a problem. — A recent, excellent article from The Atlantic pointed out: In their early incarnations, platforms such as Myspace and Facebook were relatively harmless. They allowed users to create pages on which to post photos, family updates, and links to the mostly static pages of their friends and favorite bands. In this…

Because you care a lot about human life, yes? — To everyone in our culture who wants to outlaw abortion, Why do you think it’s a good thing to force all women to always have to give birth from now on? Is this a humane, caring thing? To the people who claim abortion is murder, what about if giving birth…

While there’s much inspiration to be found in her, there’s still something objectifying about this… — This is a tough one, with a lot of nuances. Something that almost all situations contain (nuance), which our culture seems to have forgotten as of late. Instead, we think everything is black or white, good OR bad, right OR wrong. It can never be a mixture of both. I’m…

People against abortion will tell you it’s because they’re pro-life. Here’s how that isn’t true. — If banning abortion were about being pro-life, then people would see the obvious oxymoron and contradiction this creates. Making abortion inaccessible ultimately creates more death than there was prior Removing access to abortion for women will not stop them from happening, just like making drugs illegal doesn’t stop people from using them.

Watch out, folks. These are some of the major signs and we’re experiencing them. — “One of the central problems American society has faced throughout history is its desire for intellectual and spiritual comfort, the avoidance of pain at almost any cost.” “The constant need for entertainment, the contempt for history, for thought, for reflection, the political and cultural polarization, and the replacement of imagination…