Category: Activism
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Millennial-Life Crisis?
This summer, I turn 40 years old. This means I will reach that age range where some people hit their dreaded mid-life crisis. If I’m like previous generations of men who get to this point. It means I’d divorce my wife, buy a new sports car, and date a 21-year-old Instagram model. I doubt this…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Laith Ashley
Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s “Evolved Man of the Week” profile. Each week we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved person, famous and non-famous individual alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the model, actor, activist, singer-songwriter, and entertainer…
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Top Three Reasons I support Pride
I’m just a straight cis male. To the Zoomers, I’m boring af. My wife is a bi-cis woman, plus she’s super intelligent, passionate, and gorgeous. I’ve watched every season of Sense8 and Pose multiple times. Those are some very gay-friendly and groundbreaking shows. I drank plenty of Bud Light in college and didn’t turn gay. I…
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It’s YOUR Fault!
Every May in the United States is Mental Health Awareness Month. If you’re not filthy rich, white, Christain, or able-bodied or all those things, this society can be taxing on one’s mental health and wellness. U.S. culture loves to blame the individual for their problems, and societal problems are always the individual’s fault. You can…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Dr. Roy Guerrero
Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profiles. Each week we will highlight an individual who embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the Uvalde native, pediatrician, and advocate, Dr. Roy Guerrero.…
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American Psychos
The definition of a psychopath is “a person affected by chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behavior.” There are some differences between someone diagnosed as a sociopath versus a psychopath. For the sake of this article, we’re gonna use psychopath. I am a licensed social worker but not a psychologist or psychiatrist. I can’t officially…
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Fuck Dem Kids 2.0
It’s 2023, and one of U.S. history’s most shitty past times is back with a vengeance: Child Labor. I wrote in a previous post that the United States of America’s bolstering of caring about the welfare of children in this nation. Yet it fails children and teens at every turn. The good old U.S.A. is…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Uganda’s anti-gay bill is the latest and worst to target LGBTQ Africans “Queer people don’t owe anyone anything, but we also deserve to live just like everyone else.” #Uganda #lgtbqia #HumanRights #Africa Atlanta shuts down strategic park in ‘Cop City’ protest movement “I never anticipated this – that Dekalb would do the swap, or that…
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I hope that it’s Healing
In my last journal entry, I concluded with the sentence, “I’m not sure about this ambivalence, but I hope that it’s healing,” and then sat for a while with that last clause. People who know me know I’ve struggled with mental health over the past few years. What I thought was a brief existential crisis…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Despite Israeli restrictions, Christians celebrate Holy Flame “We send a message to the international community and advocates of peace and human rights that the persecution of the right to worship in Palestine against Muslims and Christians is unacceptable and needs urgent intervention. Our people have the right to get rid of the occupation and live…
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