Respectfully answering common questions from those against the LGBTQ+ community — Since the beginning of June, it seems as if I’m unable to escape hatred against the LGBTQ+ community and Pride Month in general. Even innocent Instagram posts consisting of decorating cupcakes in rainbow frosting seems to trigger the homophobia in everyone. …

Read this if you also think, “fuck gender norms” and “I’m confused” — Look, let me start out this article with this: I understand that labels are made up. We can wear whatever makes us comfortable and still identify with the gender we’ve been given at birth. We can act differently than those of our same sex and still identify with that gender…

Let’s talk about women manipulating men in abusive relationships — I haven’t ever publicly opened up about these three years of my life before. I’ve only told close friends and anyone else who I saw in a similar situation with a manipulative partner. …

A movie with so much going on, that you miss the parts where it succeeds — Last night, I saw Jurassic World: Dominion with my girlfriend. I was incredibly excited going into it, especially when the scene opened up with crab fisherman on the Bering Sea off the shores of Alaska, as my girlfriend and I are big Deadliest Catch fans. I’m not going into the…

This article was declined by my primary publisher, so here it is on Medium instead — The 2020s is proving to be a very confusing decade filled with uncertainty in several facets of life. In the U.S, rumors of Roe v. Wade being overturned has gotten everyone worried about what could happen to women’s reproductive freedoms in the long run. Prohibiting abortion could have a negative…

I worked my first retail job in 4 years and I barely lasted a month — The last retail job I worked was from 2014 to 2017 at the Stop & Shop deli. The deli was actually really great because we were kind of a little family, and we were in charge of our own corner of the store. …

The community built around a 30 y/o video game and why it’s important — Tetris is one of those games that everyone knows; some people are simply aware of its existence and describe it as, “that block game”, while others have an intense fascination with it. I am the latter. My Relationship With Tetris I was born in 1995, so I did not grow up with an NES…

Can a community exist online while avoiding the toxicity of the outside world? — Throughout the years of learning about YouTube since 2010, I’ve grown to love creators that have come and gone, like Ray William Johnson, Nice Peter, and Kassem G. A lot of these creators had fantastic, supportive communities, but also never saw a lack of trolls and spam in the comment…

Why the cost of living is going up and how to stop shaping yourself around society’s expectations — Oh, why did no politicians listen to Jimmy McMillan in 2010? His entire political party was named “The Rent Is Too Damn High” party, and all they did was laugh at him. …