In a tough season — 2023 has been a strangely brutal year for me. In particular, the last six months have been a disaster, but the past several weeks (or last few months) have been hell. Rather than get into all of the details about everything that’s gone so wrong, I want to make an…

This feels like the worst thing he’s done by far — Between October 2016 and February 2020, I did everything I could to help foster a local relationship between my daughter Sophie and her father. She spent every other weekend at his house. She even spent entire weeks and holidays there when I was sick. Yet, as time passed, I knew…

And maybe that’s enough — My mind races constantly. I am always thinking about what I need to be doing, what I should be doing, and what I could be doing. My brain is forever fixated on sorting myself out and making sense of all the wrinkles in my world. Part of that is undoubtedly…

Why I’ve made a new plan of action… out of desperation — Content note: Diet culture, weight stigma, and weight loss Most people don’t give a damn about fat people, our overall health, and our pain, because most people assume that obesity is a moral failing of simply eating too much food (or too poorly), and being too lazy to move. There’s…

White supremacists in Williamson County? It's sadly no surprise — John Oliver recently did an incredible segment on the absurdity of the Franklin Alderman running for mayor, Gabrielle Hanson. You can watch that 10-minute segment on Crooks & Liars. “In a world that made sense, this woman would obviously have withdrawn from this mayoral race in shame. But she still…

Maybe quit telling us we are? — Somehow, “crazy ex-boyfriend” doesn’t carry the same ring as its female counterpart. Maybe that’s because we hear “crazy ex-girlfriend” all the damn time. A lot of folks insist that’s because women genuinely are bonkers. Our cultural narrative claims that crazy men are the exception. And often, more quirky or artsy. …

Grace Christian Academy still doesn't want to take the heat for failing Gracie and Grant Solomon — Last night, our dear friend George Brewer was booked for harassment of Amy Blaylock Curle due to some messages he sent to Ms. Curle over Facebook Messenger.

He had help. — Content note: Discussion of domestic abuse and child sexual abuse Angie Solomon, a pharmacist, wife, and mother of two children, established care with Dr. Michael Reed, a Nashville-based psychiatrist on January 8, 2013. Her marriage had always been abusive since her parents insisted she marry her rapist, but the level…

“Now ANYONE can accuse a man of rape and ruin his life with zero proof?” — Now that former actor and scientologist Danny Masterson has been sentenced for raping two women, I’m disturbed to see so many folks lament how “unfair” it all seems. Men and women alike keep asking how it’s justice that Danny Masterson was convicted for crimes from 20 years ago, while complaining…