Tag: Cancel Culture

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CAT GOT YOUR TONGUE?  Our growing refusal to speak up. 

Writer’s block, according to Wikipedia, “is a condition, primarily associated with writing, in which an author loses the ability to produce new work or….original ideas.” FEAR, rather than dwindling creativity, I venture, is the common culprit here. And no wonder, with this era of cancellation culture growing ever more extreme by the day. “Oh, I … Continue reading CAT GOT YOUR TONGUE?  Our growing refusal to speak up. 

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Grow A Thicker Skin

“You’re very direct, aren’t you? someone observed about me recently. I wasn’t sure if their’s was a legitimate question, or, criticism masked as inquiry. I mean it’s not the kind of question that, on its face, is categorically flattering, like, for example, “You’re very pretty, aren’t you? Or even better, “You’re so smart, eh?”  Nonetheless, … Continue reading Grow A Thicker Skin