Monthly Archives: February 2016

Engaging in Self Care

When I was in high school, my mom implemented a policy for mental health days.  One day per semester I was allowed to take a day off of school, which she would call in and officially excuse me for.

LGBT+ Equality in the United States

On June 26th, 2015, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of nationwide marriage equality. Within the Obergefell v. Hodges case, 5 out of 9 Justices found state-level bans on same-sex marriage to be unconstitutional under the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment and United States Constitution. Their decision heralded a watershed moment in American history, particularly within the social justice and LGBT+ communities. The fight to get civil marriage rights and benefits for same-sex

The Insidious Nature of ‘Gaslighting’

The term “gaslighting” comes from Patrick Hamilton’s work Gas Light (1938), a play that was adapted into two movies in 1940 and 1944. The basic plot of the play and movies deals with a husband who systematically manipulates and psychologically abuses his wife by trying to convince her she is insane.  He does this by changing small elements of their environment (such as the dimming the representative gas lights of the house) and then insisting she’s mistaken or misremembering details

Comic Book Craze

While comics books, television shows about comic books, and movies about comics books have maintained a constant following for the past eighty years, it is safe to say that over the past decade there has been a resurgence of media shaped around the characters appearing on comic book pages. It’s hard to pinpoint a specific moment when love for superheroes went mainstream (as in, considered acceptable for social consumption outside of young children and niche groups of teens and adults)