A micro study of the ways making women into healing vessels for toxic masculinity only traumatizes them further, a call to action for “good men” — content warnings for coercion and sexual assault, mentions of suicidal ideation and stalking behaviors, but I give as little detail as possible This might feel like Carrie Bradshaw’s worst ever column but in lieu of talking about men as a whole and trying to explain how men as a whole…

In a lifetime of continuous tragedy and downturns, why do we keep watching Keanu Reeves’ attempts to grieve get riskier and deadlier? — Neon noir has made great strides in the last decade. The dreamy and existential neon of films like Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive have shown us that suffering can have an aesthetic without stepping on tension or gravity. …

In a world that will not protect us and relies on Ayn Randian notions of selfishness as a virtue, is giving up the true virtue? A deeply traumatized but nihilistically joy seeking perspective. — this piece contains discussion of suicidal ideation, childhood neglect, & hopelessness in late stage capitalism This is not the first trauma I have wintered, nor the first winter I have moved through traumatized.

What’s up with all that bog man stuff? Well, I observe as many spaces as I can to see how Irish American identity is weaponized and baby, it’s all connected. Let me explain…

This was originally published for FightBooth in 2018 under the title Chivalry on Life Support: Erasing the Heart of Dean Ambrose. Wrestling is full of stables formed from necessity, common enemies, similar aesthetics, or strange challenges. Few break onto the scene as unified and as powerful as the Shield when…

The following was originally a Tweet thread I did when curating for the Motherfoclóir podcast Twitter feed in August of 2020. Curators are changed weekly. Some abbreviations, typing errors, and grammatical issues due to Twitter’s character limit have been adjusted for this article. So hey, I’m American. As you can…

content warnings: suicide, self harm, references to abuse and trauma On July 10th of 2015 I ended my life. Or maybe I wasn’t clinically dead until the 11th. It’s hard to say. I wasn’t there and then I barely was. I guess I’ll try to tell the story, because I…

I’ve spent the majority of my life with coulrophobia, fear of clowns. It’s all encompassing. There are rules and laws I know to be true, that I follow, and sometimes I fear for my friends because they don’t follow those rules. I’ve spent about a decade trying to be at…