Again and again, I see the same tactics used to silence those who are earnestly trying to talk about issues that they clearly feel strongly about only for others to silence them in the most […]
Outlet
An Outlet for Inquisitive Minds
July 2019 Quote of the Month
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
― James Baldwin
Tolerance vs Acceptance
Within the past several decades, as people take an increasingly nuanced look at their identity, many more identities have risen to the public awareness. These different identities aren’t new to the human race. There have […]
Othering and Purity Culture
I recently finished Pure, a book about the purity movement in evangelical Christianity (and beyond)and the psychological effects it has left on the generation of girls that grew up under it. It’s a really good […]
June 2019 Quote of the Month
“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.”
― Malala Yousafzai
May 2019 Quote of the Month
Life isn’t fair? Then, make it fair!
April 2019 Quote of the Month
I am a socialist; of course I am a socialist. To hold a vision that society can be fundamentally different, to believe that all people can be equal – that is not a new idea.
–Bernie Sanders
March 2019 Quote of the Month
“You asked me to teach you chess and I’ve done that. It’s a useful mental exercise. And through the years, many thinkers have been fascinated by it. But I don’t enjoy playing. Because it was a game that was born during a brutal age, when life counted for little, and everyone believed that some people were worth more than others. Kings and pawns. […]Chess is just a game. Real people aren’t pieces, and you can’t assign more value to some of them than to others. Not to me, not to anyone. People are not a thing that you can sacrifice. The lesson is that anyone who looks on the world as if it was a game of chess deserves to lose.”
– Harold Finch, Person of Interest
