Matt Cullen of YouTube's "Our Queer Life": The Failures of Today's LGBT Leadership
A critical review of Matt Cullen's YouTube series Our Queer Life, which interviews LGBT sex workers, entertainers, Mormons, cowboys, prisone
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Sep 55 min read
90's Nostalgia: 10 Feel-Good, Funny Flicks from the 90's and Early 00's
Ten hilarious movies from the 90's and early 00's, with synopses and movie posters.
May 2815 min read
Jessica Kent: Make It Make Sense (Part 2)
Part 2 of my series on the downfall of Jessica Kent, a prison reform and addiction / recovery YouTuber with over one million followers....
May 2513 min read
Jessica Kent: Victim, Villain, Cautionary Tale (Part 1)
Part 1 of my two-part series on the downfall of Jessica Kent, an addiction recovery and prison reform YouTuber with over one million...
May 12 min read
Off the Cuff, From the Heart
A subscriber who is a fellow writer and who suffers from a mental illness that isn't addiction emailed me with kind words about my piece...
Apr 2412 min read
How Far Is Too Far and How Much Is Too Much? The Ethics of Mark Laita's "Soft White Underbelly" YouTube Channel
Does photographer Mark Laita's YouTube channel "Soft White Underbelly," which chronicles the lives of addicts and others at the fringes...
Apr 156 min read
Commentary on Public Figures in Recovery (Reddit Drama)
Did someone in a celebrity's inner circle just respond to my criticism of her? Follow-up on my review of Cat Marnell's memoir How to...
Apr 105 min read
10 Highlights From Johann Hari's "Everything You Think You Know About Addiction Is Wrong" (TED Talk Review)
"The opposite of addiction is not sobriety. The opposite of addiction is connection." A hundred years into drug prohibition,...
Mar 182 min read
What Shape Is Your Soul?
Thoughts on Japanese horror comic book writer Junji Ito's story The Enigma of Amigara Fault. A panel from the story. Check out the full...
Jan 1511 min read
Detox Playlist to Soothe the Soul (w/ Links and Lyrics)
What to listen to when the heebie jeebies are getting the best of you. These tracks are transcendental, poetic, wistful, sublime: A detox...
Dec 31, 202310 min read
Enough, Cat Marnell (Book Review)
Cat Marnell competing with yours truly for the Sloppiest Person of the Century Award (photo courtesy of Getty Images). *4/15/2024:...
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