Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The Children’s Books We Really Need
Why books like the “Velveteen Rabbit” can teach us that education is overrated and crying is severely underrated.
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We Must Fight Our Own Tribes
As we enter a new age of animalistic tribalism, we have a duty to stand for truth before identity.
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The World Was Never Safe
A journey from safety to trauma to more trauma, and how it helped me understand the world had never been the safe or good place I had been told it was.
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My Desperate Road To Normalcy
All my life, all I ever wanted was for people to think I was normal. It just never seemed to work.
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At War With My Neighbors Over The Orange Man
Struggling with the war Trump has brought inside our own communities, in poetry form.
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Puncture Your Reality
How I was forced to face the fact that I was living in a bubble, the moments that punctured it, and why those punctures ended up affecting my life so deeply.
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My Daughter’s Holy Musings
What talks with my daughter taught me about belief, trust, love… and ultimately, myself.
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This Fourth Of July, Let’s Pause For Gratitude
This seems like a Fourth of July that isn’t so easy to celebrate. But if we take a moment, we may realize just how blessed we really are.
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Why I Blocked You
You’re outraged and upset. You’ve been blocked. Here’s why. And why you should be blocking others as well.
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Stop Using Mental Health To Avoid The Real Problems
Your attempts to make shootings like the one in Orlando about mental health are just to avoid uncomfortable realities.
Got any book recommendations?