A letter to a therapist
I once had a therapist who took issue with my needing to leave my workplace when I had mental health crisis reactions. In response, I wrote her a letter that turned into an essay about the lack of equity and parity between attitudes and treatments for mental health versus physical health conditions.
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Essay: “An Immodest Proposal” [CONTENT ADVISORY]
CONTENT ADVISORY: Discussions of sexual assault, gun violence, domestic violence, physical child abuse, child homicide and violence against peaceful protesters.
Article: “I Am a Victim of a Harmful Algorithm”
I’ve written about bigotry in algorithms, artificial intelligence and other technologies before. However, I never expected this issue to hit me at home in such a personal and invasive manner.
Essay: “Madness”
“Madness” is a graduate school-era rant, plain and simple. It’s wild, messy, pissed off, but there’s a lot of truth in it.
Essay: “The Sacred, the Ceremonial, and Substances”
As a longtime proud lightweight drinker, I’ve always been interested in people’s mores, values and practices when it comes to casual substance use. This essay explores some of my observations and my own values when it comes to mind-altering chemical use.
Essay: “Ars longa, life ain’t shit”
This graduate school prose piece is based on the ancient aphorism “Ars longa, vita brevis.” The essay applies the idea to my life and purpose of making art and being alive.
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Essay: “Scars” [CONTENT ADVISORY]
CONTENT ADVISORY: Discussions of suicide attempts, behavioral health conditions including PTSD, psychiatric imprisonment and self-mutilation, including cutting, piercing and tattooing. Graphic descriptions of cutting.
Essay: “Fear and Desire”
“Fear and Desire” is a graduate school essay that reflected my struggle to reconcile what I wanted out of life to what life seemed to want out of me. Though my life has changed a lot since I wrote this, the basic message of it is still true.