A Response to the Hysteria of the Past Few Weeks

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These past few weeks my news feed has been nothing but fear, panic, outrage, and hysteria. It has been so bad that I nearly backed out of social media, again. I can hardly handle all the ignorance and general silliness that people vomit all over the place. Drama isn't really my thing. Three events in the past month have been at the center of all...
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I am a Published Author! "Vulture"

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I just recently released a self-published book of poetry. It's a compilation of poems written over a span of about ten years of my life, during high school and the first few years of my adulthood, while I traveled across the country. I was raised as a very conservative Christian, and the first struggle of my life was leaving my religion and finding my true...
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Friday Nov 30, 2012

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Racism Does Not Equal Love Your Neighbor

Recently, I watched the film The Help, which I highly recommend. Taking place in the 1960's south, it tells the story of a young woman seeking to right the social injustices suffered by black woman maids in Jackson, Mississippi. Watching the drama unfold, I couldn't help but be astounded at how far our society has come. In the...
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addison:
Thanks for the FR!

Tuesday Nov 06, 2012

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In the spirit of the US Presidential election, I offer the words of a Switchfoot song, "Selling the News":

Welcome to the Holy City; the silver screen
Built with the lends of the low self esteem
A teenager's plea for meaning and means
We're selling the news

See, opinions are easier to swallow than facts
The greys instead of the whites and the blacks
If...
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