Cosmic Well

This post is a link to the blog Double Consciousness, a blog run by BUST the B.U.B.B.L.E. out of Butler University. Today the movement released their demands for addressing issues of racial diversity on campus. I share their demands as a statement of solidarity. ~Create don’t Kill We demand there…

(Note: This post uses words that exist only in english, and are in high volume usage only among the GSRM community.) Remember the moment when you realized not everyone in the world was a “Man”, and you began to feel weird about “Man” or “Mankind” when referring to the human race?…

In a convo with my brother I was confronted with the question of why I wouldn’t watch Sopranoes because it is violent, but I do watch Game of Thrones. The fact is, I don’t watch GoT anymore either(or at least I watch it far more critically.) Here’s the thing, Game…

I personally have not been attacked by anyone affilitated with reactionary anti-feminist movements, however I have read plenty of material by the those reactionaries, and one of their favorite phrases to throw about is “Social Justice Warrior” somehow they imagine that to be an insult, a derogatory way of demeaning…

(This is part 4 of a series on Rape Culture, read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3) Warning: The following post discusses issues relating to sexual violence. Read at your own discretion.

(This is part 3 of a series on Rape Culture, read Part 1, and Part 2) Warning: The following discusses rape, victimization, and dehumanization. Read at your own discretion. 

One topic that I have neglected in my posts has been Theatre. I don’t know if I even mentioned it, I’m not going back to check, but I feel like I’ve left you all in the dark about that aspect of my life. For a long time Theatre has been…

The weekend of Nov 21-23 I was in New Orleans! This was my first visit, and the first time I’d been down south since my family moved from Texas. I went as part of a “Volunteer Study Tour” put together by Butler University’s Diversity Center. The goal of the trip…

(This is part 2 of a series on Rape Culture, read Part 1, which gives an introduction to the topic, here.) Warning: This post examines some of the complexities regarding how society uses sexual violence and lack of education to keep people from recognizing or fulfilling their true potential. If…