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  • March 11, 2022 An Amrikan Chimaera

    Empathy in an Outrageous World

    Or… I ain’t problematic, I have a [group name] friend!! I’ve been thinking a lot lately about in-person exposure to

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  • February 14, 2022 An Amrikan Chimaera

    Here’s to the Maybes

    Here’s to the Maybes, the Almosts, the Ones told “I can’t”, the Ones busied away. Do you ever think about where they must go Once you’ve relegated them to a footnote?

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  • February 13, 2022 An Amrikan Chimaera

    A Single Guy’s (Positive) Take on Valentine’s Day

    If you’re in a good relationship, celebrate that today. Don’t patronize your single friends. Don’t act like you forgot the day. Even a bog standard date on Valentine’s Day ain’t a horror show.

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  • December 20, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

    My Empire of Hurt

    I’ve been in bit of pain for the past few months. I’m starting to come out of it. And I hope everyone in the same boat can do the same too.

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    November 20, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

    India Sweets & Spices Review – Desi Representation & Colorism in Mainstream American Culture

    India Sweets & Spices, about a girl named Alia who discovers family secrets during summer break, certainly does have imperfections. But I’m happy that it exists and that it adds to the growing (and never perfect) list of stories told about South Asians.

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  • November 11, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

    The Inclusivity of Sport

    There are few avenues in life where I have felt more welcome and included than as part of a sports fandom. For a few hours, I didn’t have to be The Muslim representative or wasn’t seen as The Brown Guy.

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    October 23, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

    The Model Minority Myth and Maher

    The Model Minority Myth bolsters the idea that Asians experience less hate & prejudice because $$. And explains lack of empathy with our struggles.

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    October 16, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

    Where Are You REALLY From?

    Where are you from? You can’t be American! There are people who are so gauche unintentionally. And then there are the ones who know better but purposefully go the other direction…

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June 22, 2020 Of cabbages and kings

Happy Birthday to the Rock of My Life

Happy birthday to my mother!! Well, yinz got a story about my father yesterday. Here’s one about the rock of our family, my mother:

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June 21, 2020 Demosthenes

Happy Father’s Day to the OG Revolutionary in My Life

I’ve been asking myself why I started going to BLM protests this time around. Mostly, #enoughisenough. But also, let me tell you a story

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March 14, 2020 Locke

Energy Vampirism & the Cultivation of New Adult Relationships

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about friendships and relationships and how we grow and nurture new entrants into our lives as we age.

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October 3, 2019 Locke

Talent & Hard Work in the Arts

Is it my blinders, my relative inexperience or does society often give short shrift to craftsmanship and training in the arts?

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July 16, 2019 Locke

Giving Sci-Fi/Fantasy a Chance in a Post-Game of Thrones World

Most of the literature I consume is sci-fi/fantasy. (More sci-fi than fantasy but still). I usually go out of my way to watch sci-fi/fantasy

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July 15, 2019 Locke

Protecting My Rights – Whom Do I Trust

2001 – 9/11. Keep your head down. No one will notice you. It’s going to be okay. 2002/2003 – “Go home!” someone screams at

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November 1, 2018 Demosthenes

Trump: Islam Hates Us; Bush: Islam is Peace

“I think Islam hates us. There’s something there that — there’s a tremendous hatred there. There’s a tremendous hatred. We have to get to

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August 18, 2017 Demosthenes

Strong Culture or Lack Thereof

In light of the attack on Barcelona yesterday, I’m once again reminded of the problem of culture, or the lack of strong culture. If

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June 2, 2017 Demosthenes

Purity Politics and Being All Things to All Peoples

I am tired of purity politics. I’m tired of American political parties demanding homogeneity from their members. I’m tired of being only Democrat or

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April 17, 2017 Demosthenes

America’s Neoconservative & Liberal Hawkishness

I come not to praise resurgent neoconservative power but to bury Donald Trump’s lurching approach to foreign policy. For many of us who had

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