A focus on sheer numbers of people, money, houses, cars, or whatever else you think proves success will have us chasing a culture where there is more drug use, mental health symptoms, poverty, and homelessness.

What if I told you I can want border security to be strict, but also to allow asylum seekers and refugees in. It's not the either, or, that our leaders would have us think it is

If we, in general, are confused about gender roles, it is doubly difficult for transgender people who have to deal with gender identity, as well as prescribed gender roles. It does not help the general public is significantly lagging when it comes to understanding gender identity, sexuality, and gender fluidity.

The fact is, one positive social media post probably changes no one's life. Heck, with the way the internet works, it's an eye-drop of positive compared to a thunderstorm of negativity.

We wax poetically on social media about creating a connection, but when provided the chance at growth, we pee our pants.

They have forgotten where they came from.

I wasn't always proud of who I am, but that never stopped my arrogance of using my abilities to put others in what I thought was their place.  In high school, I remember vividly that I called a girl white-trash

Our culture has not created a space for victims. Due to this failure, we bark angrily and desperately as we try to change the culture or enforce the status quo.