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Psychology
The Stories We Tell To Help You Part With Your Money
Twice a year, the insurance company I worked for would get all its salespeople together to receive...
Making Art That Reflects Who You Are
And the benefits of knowing about the spotlight effect I watched a video with text that read, “me...
Disney’s Disregard for Premature Existential Conversations
Parenting, post-viral nihilism and the illusion of control I was eating raspberries straight out...
I Chemically Straightened My Hair Because My Family Was Ashamed
Parenting and the illusion of reprieve “Scientifically handsome” is what most anthropologists...
Of the Norovirus and Other Joys of Pietri Dish Parenting
The (ca) calamity of 2023 — a most bio-hazardous Valentine’s edition. “I’d rather die on my feet...
Video Performance: Skating Into Trauma
Okay, fine. I’m delusional. I thought I would never break my early morning routine. For more...
A Loogie On Your Face
On Issues of Form, Content and Feedback Fernando Londono was addressing Colombia’s congress when a...
Dropping the dreams of rural retirement
Art in the Lobby There is no more beautiful landing than landing in San Diego at night. The...
Dynamite For Our Old Wounds
A Colombian New Year’s Tradition ‘El año viejo” was a tradition I grew up with in Colombia. A...
Survival Strategies for Sleep-Deprived Parents
Crank-R-Us Today is a very important day for me. I’m launching ‘Speed-R-Us.’ “Speed-R-Us” will be...
Becoming a Feminist in a Masculine World
Where is Waldo’s Tip? “I am not your audience,” my wife snapped. “I don’t think those jokes...
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Drinking Agua ‘e Panela en el Páramo and Swimming with Seals in Poipu
The childish, simple pleasures of wanderlust Poipu, Kauai. August, 2021. Photo by author. Okay, put me down now.” Jovie, my oldest daughter, instructed me. “What?” I responded, shocked she wasn’t...
Almost Losing a Finger to Save My Life
Life has a price and so does each body part Photo by Tamanna Rumee on Unsplash My mistake was clearly dumb. We were in the middle of the pandemic, and after getting my MasterClass subscription, I...
Spanking The Elderly Into Better Behavior
Corporal abuse as a universal and compassionate law Photo by Daniel K Cheung on Unsplash It is not often, but every now and then, I’ll find myself in a conversation about how corporal punishment is...