Category: journal
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For several reasons, I would not recommend losing the nucleus of your self-image to the passage of time and the pressures of society. Among those reasons is the fact that, once you do lose sight of your self-image, it becomes very difficult to rediscover. Over the last few months, I have spent enough time in…
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It’s an election year, which means that the amount of time I spend getting dragged into arguments on Reddit has tripled in the last quarter. I know, I know — it’s a complete waste of my time and energy (and I am proud to say this tendency has decreased since my early 20’s, life being…
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Apparently, 40% of practicing lawyers are women. This statistic always surprises me given my daily experience moving through courtrooms and offices and Zoom calls where the faces and voices talking at and over me >60% male. Where’s the “almost half” contingent? I ask myself after opposing counsel thanks me for being “so sweet.” In therapy…
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Today, I am filled with unspeakable anger. It’s the kind of anger that makes me want to scream, to lash out, to make a fool of myself. Earlier today, the Israeli military bombed al-Shifa Hospital. Without electricity, Palestinian doctors are currently keeping 39 newborns alive by hand-pumping oxygen. One infant has already died. This incident…
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Does anyone really blog anymore? I would require multiple appendages to count the total number of blogs I’ve had in my lifetime. LiveJournal confessionals, scenster-era Xanga pages that were more form than substance, BlogSpot-based chronicles of my high school fashion choices — I even had a short-lived Tumblr dedicated to ranking the quality of my…
