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Masters of Mischief: The Tricksters of Old-School Cartoons
When I think back on old-school cartoons, I realize they were absolutely crawling with tricksters. I loved those characters—the ones who lied, schemed, disguised themselves, broke every rule in sight, embarrassed authority figures, and somehow still had me rooting for them anyway. Some of the best trickster characters from cartoons of yesterday: Bugs Bunny —…
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Two Versions, One Spirit
Do you think it’s weird to feel like you haven’t really changed since you were a child? I’m not talking about maturity or life experience. I’m talking about your core personality. Honestly, I still feel like the same person I was as a kid. I’m still questioning everything and everyone. I still find the silliest…
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Share a photo of your pet and tell us one thing that makes them uniquely them. Meet my two little loves. On the left is Diddy, my handsome black cat who crossed the Rainbow Bridge after 17 unforgettable years. He always had this hilariously judgmental face that made it seem like he was silently critiquing…
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I’M BETTING ON MYSELF
I’ve never been good at marketing myself. For years, low self-esteem had me defining myself by where I started: teenage mother. Welfare recipient. High school dropout. I honestly thought I was the lowest of the low. Then I went to college in 2002 and discovered something about myself: I could write my ass off. 😂…
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The Tradwife Movement: A Pretty Apron Wrapped Around an Old Idea
I’ve never understood the appeal of tradwife content. Watching a woman bake sourdough bread in a spotless farmhouse kitchen while wearing a ball gown has never been my idea of compelling entertainment. Yet it’s wildly popular, especially the content of Nara Smith. Nara Smith is a model with more than 12 million followers on TikTok.…
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What Is Love?
That’s one of humanity’s oldest questions. Love is difficult to define because it isn’t just one thing. It’s an emotion, a choice, a behavior, and, for many people, a commitment. At its healthiest, love is the willingness to consistently care about another person’s well-being while respecting their autonomy. It’s more than infatuation or attraction, which…
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The Paradox of Race
I’m not going to lie—I’m tired of white people. I’m tired of the wealthy ones who are destroying the planet through greed, exploitation, and an insatiable hunger for more. And I’m tired of the everyday ones with their astonishing lack of curiosity and critical thinking. Many of them benefit from white privilege, yet they’re still…
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Sociological and Narrative Analysis of Kathy Henry’s “Tales of a Little Ghetto Girl”
The autobiographical memoir “Tales of a Little Ghetto Girl” by Kathy Henry, published in the urban policy and cultural journal Urban Reinventors, presents a poignant autoethnographic examination of working-class Black female life in late-twentieth-century Chicago. Grounded in the discipline of urban sociology, Henry’s narrative functions as both a personal coming-of-age chronicle and a rigorous lived-experience…
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Dreaming in Crescendos
I would have loved to have been a music conductor. I can picture myself standing on the podium, baton in hand, swaying with every note as if the music were flowing through my entire body. There’s something magical about guiding dozens of musicians and watching individual instruments come together to create one breathtaking sound. I…
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Some Humans Just Love to Fight: A Brief Look at the Hundred Years’ War
The more I study history, the more I become convinced that some human beings simply do not know how to sit down somewhere and behave. Take the Hundred Years’ War between England and France, for example. It lasted from 1337 to 1453—about 116 years. The name “Hundred Years’ War” is actually being generous. The conflict…
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