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American Access to Mental Health Care
In this article I examine some of the many factors that are contributing to America’s mental health care crisis. Let’s cut to the root of why it’s so difficult to receive mental health treatment in the United States. It’s no secret that the American health care system is riddled with flaws. While other developed countries,…
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bottle rocket (poem)
it’s a downward slope and we’re marching upstream only violent hands can pull tender memories, wrapping, working around the throat ‘til they rise to the surface choking out a little life even (only) as it fades the obscurity, obsidian gift me lapis lazuli so that we might crack it in half the stench of our…
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TOP 10 BOOKS
01 TROPIC OF CAPRICORN, HENRY MILLER 02 L’ETRANGER, ALBERT CAMUS 03 LE PETIT PRINCE, ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY 04 THE THINGS THEY CARRIED, TIM O’BRIEN 05 IQ84, HARUKI MURAKAMI 06 DANCE, DANCE, DANCE, HARUKI MURAKAMI 07 FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS, ERNEST HEMINGWAY 08 100 YEARS OF SOLITUDE, GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ 09 LOLITA, VLADIMIR NABOKOV 10 LESS THAN ZERO, BRET EASTON ELLIS HONORABLE MENTIONS: CRIME…
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To What Extent Should Art Be Justified?
Here I explore a very slippery subject, as I attempt to tap into the complex moral dilemma of whether or not great art produced by a morally wayward person can be justified. In college I found myself in a very memorable debate with a professor, as he mourned the suffering the undeniably gifted poet Ezra…
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It’s Time to Talk About HIV/AIDS
In this post I explore the topic of HIV/AIDS from both local and global perspectives to touch upon disease treatment, prevention, and education. Let’s start talking to save lives. This Saturday, May 18, marks World AIDS Vaccine Day, which brings me to a topic of discussion that I have been told I speak about about…
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Guilt-Free Living Guaranteed (Society & Food)
In honor of International No Diet Day (May 6), I’m taking the chance to explore our society’s relationship with food.
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Welcome to the Modern World (Lifestyle Inflation)
In this article, I explore the phenomenon of lifestyle inflation and how a consumerism saturated landscape assists in creating material desires that can’t be satiated.
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Uncovering the Social Media Call Girl
What do you think of when you hear the word “prostitute?” Do you picture a seedy motel where shameful acts happen in the shadows for crumpled bills? Or do you envision a dazzling model type smiling on a beach in Greece with her companion conveniently cut out of the shot? While the first visual more…
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Notre Dame and Public Grieving
The recent fire at Notre Dame had me questioning how we use social media to recognize tragedy in digital times. Is it used more as a self-serving platform or to draw much needed attention to causes? April 15 marked a monumental loss, as Notre Dame caught fire, and the world watched in shocked awe as…
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Accepting Identities Costs You Nothing
In honor of last week’s Transgender Day of Visibility, I’ve dedicated this post to championing transgender awareness and exploring the many different identities people peacefully go by.