Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a woman? Well, it feels a lot like you’re a Barbie – or at least, you are tirelessly trying to achieve being some semblance of a Barbie. As women, we are constantly told that this isn’t the case. That we don’t need to do this. That […]
Relationship gurus. Have you ever wondered why these have become so popular? I have. Mainly because I’ve dated one. And the actual relationship — a total nightmare. In my own experience, by the time someone reaches the status of “thought leader” in love, they become their own worst enemy in love. They try to coach when they […]
They start us young. The manufacturing stage. We are small. Impressionable. Ideal for conditioning. They give us Barbie dolls. Plastic babies. Makeshift kitchens. They dress us in pink sparkles and dainty little slippers. “How pretty,” they say. Then, the word teen. It comes so fast. We are ready for distribution. The attention is fierce. It […]
Humans are motivated by purpose. So, why is it that our current economic infrastructure is built on survival? And, not purpose? In 2009, Daniel H. Pink wrote a book on what motivates people to be high performers. Hint: It’s not money. After going through over four decades of scientific research, Pink’s book Drive concluded that […]
Every so often, a bold artistic endeavor emerges that is courageous enough to ask the question: “Do parents actually know what their kids are up to?” If you were a teenager growing up in the nineties, you probably remember one of these valiant gestures presented in the form of a film called Kids. Kids stirred […]
2020 has undoubtedly been a year filled with tragedy. Amidst all of it, watching the Pacific coastline go up in flames has taken a considerable toll on my own soul. And, I know that many others who grew up in the region, are currently experiencing that same anguish. The Astrophysicist Herbert Reeves once said, “Man […]
In 1980, a man in San Francisco showed signs of a weakened immune system and sought medical help. The diagnosis: Kaposi Sarcoma, a rare form of cancer. A year later, his case was revised. Retroactively, it became the first recorded instance of a new virus in the United States. By then, it was 1981. The […]
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