Coming out is overrated. The concept. The expectation. It reeks of compulsory heteronormativity and I don’t like it one bit. For the uninitiated, compulsory heteronormativity (or “comphet”) is a term coined by Adrienne Rich to... Read More

When I first started writing, I thought the job was to sound certain. I thought that if I arranged my sentences neatly enough, if every paragraph landed perfectly and every metaphor shimmered just right then... Read More

This article was written with the support of advanced AI tools, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google Gemini. It was first published in September 2025 at Academia.edu, LinkedIn.com, and Medium.com. Preface  We stand at a... Read More

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a psychiatric condition that shapes how people feel, respond to others and build relationships. It isn’t a one-off occurrence like the flu, but a long-term pattern that defines the daily... Read More

When most people hear the word eugenics, they think of dusty history textbooks and black-and-white photographs: forced sterilizations in the early 20th century, pseudoscientific charts measuring skulls, the language of “fitness” used to justify violence... Read More

We often think of love as a spiritual, emotional or relationship good. Something deeply human, irreducible and perhaps even transcendent. Yet there is a credible evolutionary account that suggests love may not be a cosmic... Read More

When I began college, I struggled with my mental health and adjusting to the new social environment. Feeling the effects of loneliness and my own social shortcomings, I became increasingly bitter. Watching students out of... Read More