Tag Archives: social isolation

Vietnam vets.

Back when I was ten, my parents had a small party at our house.  One of the guests was a man who had been to Vietnam.  At the time, the Vietnam war was a recent memory for most people, and … Continue reading

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Thinking deeply about my sexual nature.

“Being in a massive heterosexual majority where you don’t really have to think very hard or deeply about your sexual nature, and where it is easy to drift along without examining core premises of your emotional life, can deny people … Continue reading

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It gets better. But why does it have to be bad to begin with?

I have some mixed feelings about the “It gets better project.”  On the one hand, it’s a good idea to let adolescents who are being bullied know that yes, after high school life can get better.  But on the other … Continue reading

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On deciding not to talk to a woman.

“I promise you, guys, you will not miss out on meeting “the one” by erring on the side of caution here. You will still talk to loads and loads of women in your lives, some of whom will be both … Continue reading

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The Monica Lewinsky scandal, 15 years later.

An alternate history:  Monica Lewinsky buys a newspaper at a downtown kiosk.  She chats with a young man working there, and she can do that because she is her own person.  He’s a community college student, and likes art and … Continue reading

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