My Internet Rants – in Blog Form
The Harry Potter novels saw me through very dark times in my life. Unfortunately, JK Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter novels, has recently revealed herself to be a TERF (Trans-Exclusive Radical Feminist). This has caused the Harry Potter novels to lose their ability to provide comfort to me, and probably many other people, some of who need them even more than I do.
I have not been outside very much during this pandemic. I am at somewhat elevated risk of complications in the event that I contract COVID-19 – and (rather than spend the pandemic in complete isolation from anyone) I have moved Read more
Alcoholics Anonymous has a book titled “The ‘God’ Word – Agnostic and Atheist Members in A.A.” While this book has some great things about it, there are also somethings about this book that make it problematic.
And while it is important to not only validate, but celebrate the success stories of Alcoholics Anonymous – it is also important to tell the horror stories as well – and to do so in a way that gives proper attention to the systemic problems behind them. This is the only way that we can, hopefully, get Alcoholics Anonymous to address its systemic problems.
Classically Abby thinks that in the absence of a real-live Superman, conservatives are the warriors of truth, justice, and the American way. But in reality, they are not the Supermen in this scenario – more like the Lex Luthors.
Let us suppose (hypothetically) that you hired a maid with the expectation that she would clean the place – but instead of cleaning, she would do all kinds of things that made a mess of the place. To make matters worse, let us assume that you did not have the authority to fire her yourself, but needed permission from a board to fire her – and the board was reluctant to approve of such an action.
Now, let us translate this to the scenario that many minority communities in real life face with the police.
Sensory Processing Disorder is very common in people who are on the autism spectrum. Many of us are hyper-sensitive to some sounds and/or specific nuances in sound – while completely oblivious to others. This can turn certain experiences that should be pleasant experiences (such as listening to Lady Madonna by the Beatles over a Bluetooth headset) into nightmares.