General Venting

My family’s beloved Jack Russell Archie passed away On June 26, 2017, about a month short of being thirteen years old. Since I now have only memories of him, I’m going to put as many of those down on paper as I possibly can. If he can’t physically be here, at least the memories of him won’t fade. I first saw Archie visiting the house of my cousin, Chris White in 2004, when I was 16 years old. It was right before my family’s eight-week holiday on the Gold Coast in Queensland. Only a week or so before this visit, Archie had been birthed by Chris’ long-haired, Jack Russell named George. Archie had only just gotten fur. He did not have the energy to do anything except rest quietly. In the photo that we have of this moment, me, my sister Emily and her friend Sophie are holding George’s three puppies. Mum and I disagree on which puppy is Archie. Mum thinks that Emily is holding Archie because that puppy is the biggest, and Archie was the biggest of the litter when he got older. I think...

Why are Certain Types of Social Justice Subject Matter so Painful to Deal With? (Feminism, Political Correctness etc) Brief Introduction My aim in this blog is to help explain the emotional inclination that people have to lash back against social justice politics, despite the fact that they claim to believe in equality. This is something that I was thinking about for a long time. A couple of years ago, when I used to deal with social justice issues a lot, I noticed that I would consistently have negative emotional reactions to a lot of the issues, especially feminism. Sometimes those reactions would be extremely negative. I wrote this blog to help explain to myself why this was the case. Once I have figured out (at least to my satisfaction) what issues and circumstances would cause such negative emotional reactions, I will consider those factors in relation to individuals with more reactionary political views than myself. This blog will sometimes refer to online pr...