The passive voice should be appreciated. Nay, the passive voice should be celebrated. The tyranny of the subject is perpetuated by the active voice, but it can be stopped by the passive voice. Objects can be accentuated, highlighted, shown off by the passive voice. Variety is created by the passive voice. The passive voice should…
My girlfriend told me a story about a guy she went to college with. This young man was a typical student at her school- a white male who came from alot of money. He was rude and dismissive, and engaged in explicit racism and sexism on a constant basis. He called her a nigger during their…
I’ve been documenting my recent struggles with depression in this space. I don’t think I’m saying anything original, or particularly interesting. I’m mostly doing it out of my desire to not be a hypocrite. In the past, I have cared for people suffering from depression. I would always ask them to be open about it. …
This is a post about depression. Sounds like fun, doesn’t it? I’m in a bit of a strange spot right now. I am pretty well educated about depression. But, until recently, I never had a first person experience of it*. The combination of prior education and current experience is weird when it comes to illness. …
Bob Dylan won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature. That strikes me as a mistake. I think of myself as a Dylan fan. Blood On The Tracks and The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan are two of the great albums of the rock era. I’ve seen Dylan in concert several times. So, it’s not that the Nobel…
Today is the 50th anniversary of the premiere of Star Trek, which is a good time to ask a basic question: What is Star Trek? As humans, we haven’t even been able to venture beyond our own moon in our hundreds of thousands of years of existence. Our human brains are limited- there are sounds that we can’t hear,…
Have you ever been embarrassed while sitting in a room by yourself? A few years ago, I had just finished downloading a game called Skullgirls. I’ve been a fan of fighting videogames and the fighting game community (abbreviated as the FGC) for a long time, and the idea of a game created by community member Mike…
I awoke this morning to a text message from a friend. It was a screenshot of a post made in a neighborhood Facebook group: The picture was of a black child walking down the sidewalk. He was unaware that he was being photographed, and as of the writing of the post, there’s no way to…
I’d never seen Romeo hit a B-Boy stance until I entered the practice studio for the Hartford Stage. The unique combination of hip-hop inspired breakdancing and the Bard’s lyrical language are the core of the Hartford Stage’s Breakdancing Shakespeare program. As a celebration of its ten year anniversary, the program is going back to the…
Let’s try some experiments. First, read the official story of Korryn Gaines, the 23-year old woman who was killed by the Baltimore police on August 1st. If you don’t want to click on the link, here it is: The officers intended to serve arrest warrants on Gaines and a man. Gaines was wanted on a bench…
