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Masculinity, fascism, and the green revolution

What happened in Germany in the 1930s can be viewed through a purely economic lens. Germany had lost the first World War, been economically hamstrung by the Treaty of Versailles, and famously, inflation was so rampant that children needed to truck dollar bills in a wheelbarrow to purchase a loaf of bread. When Adolf Hitler… Continue reading Masculinity, fascism, and the green revolution

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The Russian doll schema that is inner child work

In inner child work, the therapeutic subject visits and comforts earlier versions of themselves at unique and pivotal stress points. At each of these points, the subject gives to their earlier self the care and understanding they did not receive at the time, a process which gradually quells latent feelings such as anxiety, anger, confusion,… Continue reading The Russian doll schema that is inner child work

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Alchemy: a new (and old) kind of dating app!

Introducing Alchemy, a new (and old) kind of dating app! Unlike its competitors, Alchemy was installed on your hard drive at the time you were born, and its fee for each month’s usage is precisely $0.00! (Additionally, there is no way of “opting out” of Alchemy’s services save suicide, and even then you and your… Continue reading Alchemy: a new (and old) kind of dating app!

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My content-producing seatmate

My seatmate on a five-hour flight home from Hawaii was perhaps the most extreme person I have ever met: a porn producer covered head to toe in tattoos and with a serious addiction to drugs. Yes, you read that correctly. As the influx of passengers slowed to a trickle, I coveted the empty middle seat… Continue reading My content-producing seatmate