Reshaping Reality

July 6, 2021

My Open Letter to City Designers

I originally wrote this email for the Des Moines City Council. For the past year, I’ve adjusted the verbiage to reflect what I’ve heard in their City Council Meetings with the Public. I also adjust the bullet points and actions I (and others) wish to see them take. Otherwise, most of the letters are verbatim Continue reading

activism, Author, disability, Race, transgender

ableism, access, accessibility, Accessible Cities, disability, disability justice, Disability Pride, Fight Ableism, Homelessness, No More Ableism
February 2, 2019

Navigating trauma with friends

A revelation in therapy forced me to realize my lack of boundaries with friends and family. This idea that I have to be a punching bag for them, that the stories they create about situations we share, their perspectives of it will always matter more than my own, and the punishments they mete out for Continue reading

Author, Writing

healing, PTSD, trauma
January 12, 2019

Re-imagining a Better Future

Re-imagining a Better Future In order to re-imagine a better future, we first have to dismantle myths that end discussions about solutions before we can even begin them. Dismantling myths https://twitter.com/diannaeanderson/status/1081357243344244736 I read that thread in full. It lists what the tax laws were from 1940s through 1980s, and the impact that had on America, Continue reading

Feminism, History, Race, transgender, Writing

capitalism, climate change, economic justice, future, history, income inequality, justice, social justice, socialism, taxes, universal basic income, universal healthcare, work ethic
December 17, 2018

Review: Beyond Black and White by Manning Marable

Review: Beyond Black and White: From Civil Rights to Barack Obama This book is a comprehensive history and critical analysis of the events from the Civil Rights era of the 1960s all the way through the election of President Obama. Manning Marable backs up each essay with scores of intensive statistics and data to further Continue reading

History, Race, Reviews, Writing

book reviews, civil rights, equality, history, intersectional, justice, Race, racism, social justice, transformationist
November 2, 2018

Examination on the Words Used within Our Human Rights Movements

Introduction I truly believe that words hold inherent power, and to be mindful of that power is essential to creating an inclusive, intersectional, sustainable, and love-focused movement toward equity and equality for all people. This essay is derived from some of my Facebook posts and Twitter semi-essays I’ve written in the past few weeks, and Continue reading

Author, Feminism, Race, transgender, Writing

activist, intersectional feminism, language, social justice, words
October 14, 2018

Review: Green Gone Wrong

In an effort to seek out solutions to some of the questions in my earlier essays, I read the nonfiction book titles Green Gone Wrong : Dispatches from the Front Lines of Eco-capitalism by Heather Rogers. In a time where the UN has put out a major call to combat the growing climate catastrophe, this Continue reading

Blogging, History, Philosophy, Reviews, Science, Writing

biofuels, carbon offsets, climate change, eco, Eco-Architecture, eco-friendly technology, environment, environmental justice, green, market systems, organic, technology
October 6, 2018

In essence Thoughts on Life in This American Society

At Home Mournful harmonies and piano arpeggios grace my speakers on this grey-muted day, the clouds heavy with the threat of rain. I sit in the chair provided by my job for at-home work, and it’s stiff back and ergonomic shape adjusted for my unconventional sitting posture — curled up with feet on the seat Continue reading

Author, Books, Feminism, Philosophy, Race, transgender

discrimination, economic justice, environmental justice, fighting injustice, income inequality, inequality, injustice, intergenerational trauma, intersectional feminism, justice, PSTD, racism, social justice, transphobia, trauma
July 30, 2018

Pronoun Etiquette Guide

I wrote about how to write Trans Characters in a prior post here. A common follow-up question involves pronouns, such as a guide on how to use them, who uses which pronouns, and how to pronounce the gender-neutral ones. In this guide, I will have links to other trans individuals to provide a more nuanced Continue reading

Blogging, transgender, Writing

gender identity, gender-neutral, gender-neutral pronouns, neopronouns, nonbinary, pronoun, pronouns, trans people of color, trans*, transgender
July 28, 2018

Reshaping the Story of Society

The Consequences of Ideas that Dehumanize and Erase Groups of People This article discusses the marketplace of ideas, and how we have allowed a very toxic idea to become normalized within our marketplace of ideas: Bubbles — Both sides http://www.armoxon.com/2017/09/bubbles-10-both-sides.html Read the article as it is wonderfully written. What I write in the following is Continue reading

Author, Blogging, Feminism, Race, transgender, Writing

bad faith arguments, dehumanization, erasure, fighting injustice, fighting with love, marketplace of ideas, Race, social justice, story, transgender
July 8, 2018

Update and Cats

I’m working on two posts. One will dig deeper into pronoun etiquette and include pronunciation guide as well as links for further research. Another will dig deeper into the Elivera Trade Language and provide a pronunciation guide and a history of the language. It is taking me a bit of time to write these as Continue reading

Author, Blogging, Writing

blogging, cat, cat-life, cats, inspiration
June 9, 2018

Lore: The Planet of Elivera

The Planet of Elivera Elivera is a world-build project I have been working on since middle school. Over time, I learned more about the techniques of world-building, and so was able to refine and improve upon the lore to dig deeper into the intricacies of the Elivera Universe. In this post, I’ll talk about the Continue reading

Aliens, Biology, Characters, Elivera, Game Writing, Physics, World Building, Writing

Biology, Elivera-Aidan-Zingler, environment, gravity, photosynthesis, science fiction, star system, stars, world-building, worldbuilding