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Personal Essay by JRNov 21, 201711:41 amNovember 21, 2017
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Why I’m Bringing Teenage Me Back

Teenager me did whatever the fuck she wanted.  She rollerbladed around her neighbourhood at night in her bra and underwear, just because she damn well could.  She dared herself to run all the way  to the high school and back while naked and wearing only rubber boots, laughing and shrieking.  Teenage me was fucking alive.  

Psychology by JRNov 19, 201711:19 amNovember 19, 2017
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The Myth of Poor and Happy: Part III

I have treatment resistant depression.  I’m aware of all the problems with labels and the flaws in the diagnostic system, but for my purposes today I’m using this designation as a place holder, a short […]

Uncategorized by JRNov 18, 201710:01 pmNovember 19, 2017
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The Myth of Poor and Happy: Part II (aka my teeth hurt)

The first question.  What does it mean to be poor?  The government defines poverty with a number and this number comes from the norms of a given society.  Here in British Columbia, the LICO (low-income […]

Psychology by JRNov 17, 20178:57 pm
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The Myth of Poor and Happy : Part I

“Struggling to make ends meet is wearing me down”, I recently told a close friend.  I told him I craved security, that I wanted to loosen the god damn stranglehold of student loans, credit card […]

arts and culture by JRNov 12, 20175:24 pmNovember 12, 2017
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The Killing of a Sacred Deer

The Greek myth of Iphigenia is a story of fatal blunder, revenge and sacrifice.  It is the mythological equivalent of the double bind.  In this myth, Agamemnon offends the goddess Artemis by slaying a sacred […]

Personal Essay by JRNov 11, 20175:36 pm
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Girl in Bed

On a dreary November Saturday I’m lying in bed, watching Bojack Horseman on Netflix. I’m lying on my side embracing a human-sized pillow and tousling a pug’s tail.  Life’s not bad.  Maybe it is the […]

Feminism by JRNov 10, 20177:43 pmNovember 10, 2017
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What Do I Do About Woody Allen?

Allegations, accusations, disclosures, confessions, denials, court transcripts, police reports, whisper networks, public statements, purges, pulled movies, cancelled shows, stone cold silence, people taking to Twitter, people taking Twitter hiatuses.  We are being splattered daily with […]

arts and culture by JRNov 8, 201711:23 amNovember 10, 2017
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Karl Ove Knausgaard and Shame

For the heart, life is simple: it beats for as long as it can.  Then it stops. This is the first sentence of the first book of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s six-book series My Struggle.  The first […]

arts and culture by JRNov 7, 201712:15 pmNovember 7, 2017
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I Love You Karl Ove

I love you Karl Ove Knausgaard. Really, this is not at all surprising, nor is it original, as the Norwegian author’s six-tome 3,600 page series titled ‘My Struggle’ has sold millions of copies worldwide.  It […]

Personal Essay by JROct 29, 20172:40 pmOctober 29, 2017
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Maps of Home

Back when we were young, my siblings and I used to play a game called ‘torture’.  Sounds fun, right?  Being the oldest of the brood, you can imagine what role I got to play. With […]

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