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At first I thought love as destruction due to the simple fact of speaking of death, guns, rain of lead and a general violent picture. But I think it is…
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Finally I had him caught. I had him in an interrogation room and was finally going to ask him questions I have wanted answers to for so long. He had…
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I called Melinda โthe N-wordโ. The way I have spoken about and treated poc have been disrespectful, derogatory, degrading and extremely insensitive. I have made comments or fun of intelligence,…
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We all compare people. Sometimes itโs casual (โsheโs funnier than himโ), other times itโs brutal (โsheโs intimidating; sheโs easierโ). But comparisons donโt actually describe the other person โ they are…
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(The B-side nobody asked for) Weโve all heard it: โYouโre what I wantedโฆ but maybe not as a life partner.โ ๐ธTitle: Glittered Goodbye Ohhh yeahhh Shine it up, shine it…
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Vulnerability - the sensation: Iโm in a brawl. Many people are fighting at once. I feel punches and kicks hit me, but I donโt know exactly who hits me or…
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Star Trekโs Tin Man, Tam Elbrun & Me In Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3, Episode 20 (โTin Manโ), the crew meets Tam Elbrun โ a telepath who is…
โIt is Just a Preferenceโฆโ
(Is Not the Excuse You Think It Is.) Let us begin with the definition. Prejudice /หprejษdษs/ An adverse opinion formed without just grounds or before sufficient knowledge. An irrational attitude…
Reply to The War
(Read the original post here) The โenemyโ starts dehumanised. As it often does in war. They spawn from the ground; they are pests, invaders. Emotion is present early on, but…
Occasionally Sincere
Rewrite This Like a Human: A Workbook for the Chronically Confused, Emotionally Constipated, and Occasionally Sincere (Subtitled: โThe Language of Grown-Ups Who Have Stopped Auditioning for Martyrdom.โ) Lesson One: โI…
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โI have changedโ (Focus on character behaviour) Keep the tone dark. Stay in third person or limited first. Show us a character who is desperate to sound evolvedโbut avoids the…
Bigots
Let us dissemble the: โI donโt see colour because Iโve decided racism is mean and also please clapโ speech that Audun made the other day, okay?ย Translating that steaming…