So what’s the point of being human in the first place? — In spiritual circles, there often seems to be this mad rush to transcend our lowly human nature and physical form. The goal of reaching enlightenment is lionized, and the simple pleasure of being a soul inside of a mortal human body is downplayed to a tremendous extent. What happens if…

The answer is right under your nose — Oh no! You did it again! Fell into the trap of people-pleasing, to your own detriment, and agreed to do something you didn’t really want to do. All because (subconsciously) you just wanted the person who asked you to be happy. Dammit! How does this happen to you all the…

Reflections on war, peace, and personal choice — Sent with love to every soldier, in every war, ever. There once was a war between two sides. Each shot with guns, missiles and dead eyes. Mad media fear As profiteers cheer Because everyone knows THEY’RE the good guys. Most victims of war? They don’t register. It’s the P&L ledger…

#4 Strippers work hard to look sexy. Witches don’t really have to try. — We women are magnificent creatures. In a system that has some very definitive ideas about how women are supposed to behave, there is often a lot of suspicion, fear, and judgment made about those of us who refuse to behave as we are expected to. I believe understanding different facets…

Swearing & the ridiculous censorship of autocorrect — Who’s with me? Listen, autocorrect. I don’t know why you keep trying to stop me from swearing, but I’m ducking over it. I’m a grown elf woman, and I’m perfectly capable is deciding when the duck it’s appropriate to drop the duck bomb in a text message! What’s your issue? Didn’t the algorithm…

We cannot fight it. That is pointless and counterproductive. Embrace and integration are our only real options at this point. — We’ve ALL Been Taught to Fear Chaos I can’t think of any modern Western tradition that has the courage to fully embrace chaos. In fact, Abrahamic religions have for thousands of years now, fled from and abandoned chaos in pursuit of a theoretical transcendent perfection that only exists — for dead people.

Playing a butt-hurt, blame game is utterly counterproductive in our collective quest to create a better system — Look. I get it. I don’t think anyone is truly content with the way things are working in society right now. There are a lot of things that need to be fixed. But that’s not an excuse for those of us who’ve been badly hurt in the past to hide…

This isn’t ABOUT you. It’s about changing the larger social system. — Are corporate office temperatures really glaringly sexist? Or TV studio temperatures? Are cold women, the world over justified in blaming all the evil Men-Who-Run-Thermostats for this grave, first-world inequity? In fact, are evil, patriarchal men just bound and determined to victimize women in every possible creative way possible?

Millions of people are resonating with Ren’s music worldwide. This is why. The old-school rules of #manbox culture tell men that showing emotions is dangerous. Expressing vulnerability or seeking emotional support may be perceived by others as a sign of weakness, causing many men to suffer silently. Sadly, this is…