Published in Itinerant Thoughts·Oct 30, 2019Eugenics In The Modern AgeEugenics is the practice of using Social Darwinism to guide human evolution towards more socially desirable traits through state policy. As you can see from the propaganda poster, it draws expertise from many disciplines. There is no way eugenics is unbiased or apolitical. What people find desirable in another human-being…Autism6 min read
Oct 23, 2019Damon’s Library: Against EmpireIt has been a while, friends. What is Damon willing to share from her library? How about Michael Parenti’s “Against Empire?” Written twenty-four years ago, and nothing has changed. The problems and politics remain nearly unchanged. It has it all in what you would expect of a rich, political text…Politics3 min read
Published in Itinerant Thoughts·Aug 9, 2019The Rising of the Shield Hero: The Rise of a MercantilistDisclaimer: I am fully aware of some of the controversies surrounding this anime. Anime as a genre suffers quite a few problems regarding its depictions of women, minorities, such as gay, trans, and people of color, and even the sexualization of minors. I will be touching on at least a…History8 min read
Published in Itinerant Thoughts·Jun 10, 2019Queer Folk Are Valid, PeriodI decided to share a scene from a great comic about a queer and trans woman named Charlie and Sydney sharing a moment together at Three Peaks Christian summer camp. …Transgender7 min read
Published in Itinerant Thoughts·Apr 4, 2019Russiagate Has Revealed America’s Authoritarian StreakI think the best bit from this was watching Keith Olbermann turn into Glenn Beck. Smiley faces in an email exchange as evidence for “Russian collusion” was also pretty hysterical. The true-believers all tried so hard, didn’t they? This only confirms Dr. Altemeyer’s research on right-wing authoritarians. A person’s…Politics2 min read
Published in Itinerant Thoughts·Mar 31, 2019Police Shoot a Sleeping Man in a CarThe story comes from The Guardian. Willie McCoy was shot inside his car while asleep by agitated police officers in Vallejo. The police made no attempt to wake him up. They made no attempt to preserve his life; they simply took it as soon as it was expedient to do…Black Lives Matter1 min read
Published in Itinerant Thoughts·Mar 29, 2019The New Gomorrah is on the RightFrom Dungeons & Dragons hysteria to demonic possession via Pokemon to Satanic weed to pedophile rings in pizza parlors to even Fluoridated water turning the frogs gay, conservatives rarely ever seem moderated in their views, despite protestations to the contrary, and liberals seem to be taking their place these days…Pornography4 min read
Published in Itinerant Thoughts·Mar 27, 2019The Truth about Lies and Why We Strive to Make the Impossible PossibleSorry for the long, click-bait title. I was thinking while in the shower and …. Now, I know what you are thinking, and you are wrong! Wrong I say! … ??? !!! Ahem! I was thinking about being vulnerable. I want to believe that I am truly a good person…Self Improvement9 min read
Published in Itinerant Thoughts·Mar 26, 2019The Pussy Church of Modern WitchcraftI wondered how in the world I would broach the subject of “gender critical theory.” In case you could not tell from some of my other writings, I am not a big fan of it. It is basically a thinly veiled dog-whistle couching transphobic rhetoric in academic jargon. I wondered…Gender Critical10 min read
Mar 25, 2019Trans women are not men, period.Trans women are not men, period. To say so is a form of violence. It is no different than pointing to a masculine looking woman and jeering, “Hey, you there! You’re a dude, aren’t you?!”1 min read