I worked for a company that proudly employed LGBTQ+ people while quietly forbidding any public support of them. As the social media manager, I was told to delete a Pride post because it might “upset the board.” This is what corporate neutrality looks like from the inside.
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If You Drive a Pickup Truck, You’re an Asshole |
On 4-Wheeled Ego Trips
Think your pickup truck is just a truck? Think again. If your truck bed has never hauled anything heavier than bags of mulch, you might be an asshole. Let’s explores how trucks, SUVs, and our other “just-in-case” purchases reveal more about ego and self-delusion than actual utility.
Anticipatory Disappearance |
On Survival and the Refusal to Grow Old
I’ve lived most of my adult life with the sense that I won’t grow old. At least not in the average sense we’re led to expect. Chronic illness taught me early that bodies fail quietly and often without warning. This isn’t an essay about dying. It’s about surviving, mistrusting the future, and refusing to lie about it.