Pride has always held the spirit of a radical riot. A riot of freedom from the restrictions of the gender binary, a riot of joy to fully embrace the depth and expansiveness of one’s sexuality, and a riot to fully live in all the aspects of one’s identity. It is this spirit of revolution, celebration, and […]
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I struggled with whether to write something about Father’s Day prior to Sunday and kept falling short of what to say. However, I would be remiss to let the day get too far in the rearview mirror without reflecting on the joy of being a father. It starts with recognizing one day that they are
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James Patterson, the world’s bestselling author of the past ten years, has faced considerable backlash since claiming in The Sunday Times that white men, especially older ones, have a harder time finding writing jobs than most. In last Sunday’s interview, the “Alex Cross” author went so far as to cite “racism” as the source of
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Allow me to state the obvious and begin by noting that I’m not a psychic. I’m neither a medium nor a genius, nor do I possess any kind of special knack for prediction. I am, however, an American. I was born in America, I live in America, and I’ve never lived anywhere but America. That
