She didn’t mean it as an ultimatum — but it might as well have been. Years ago, a romantic partner all but forced me to go to therapy.
“Maybe you should talk to someone about that,” she said, after I’d complained about a recent visit with my parents. …
I’ll always remember my dad warning me about yellow jackets. I was 7, maybe 8, and he’d just swatted one away as we threw a football in the front yard. “They get more aggressive in the fall,” he said. “They’re about to die.”
An old friend who I haven’t seen for a while just texted that he isn’t vaccinated, and I lost my shit.
Not to him. I responded that I appreciated him telling me when I asked. And I do appreciate it. But my insides were boiling.
“Just get the vaccine, you…
When I first heard about the idea of “toxic masculinity,” I nodded my head “yes.” It was useful for describing certain harmful behaviors I’d seen in myself and other men, and in movies and other media since I could remember.
But not all men agree with me. Many react similarly…
This one’s for my guys. But pretty much everybody needs to hear this.
I’m a little embarrassed that I’m writing about Frozen II (2019) again. But whatever, it’s really good. There’s psychology, there’s politics, plus cute things to laugh at. What more could you want in a Disney movie?
My…
Is anybody else hitting yet another pandemic wall? Another f*cking wall?!
Only half of Americans are fully vaccinated. Masks mandates are coming back. Summer is almost over, with cold weather and isolation just around the bend. Small businesses and restaurants are dreading the future. …
I’m sitting here thinking: Why am I writing about this in public? I have to, though. Men don’t talk about this stuff enough.
Long story short, I couldn’t get it up.
A few years ago, I dated a woman I found really attractive. On our first date, we made out…
Four words keep coming up when I meditate recently — and when I find myself off the meditation cushion feeling sad, mad, or lonely.
I heard them years ago in an interview with the Buddhist priest Roshi Joan Halifax:
“Strong back, soft front.”
They remind me to adjust my posture…
Who knew a turning point in my life would happen at a Chinese dim sum restaurant in suburban Maryland?
It was a Sunday, and I’d just gone hiking with my best friends. We were passing around potstickers and stuffed eggplant.
“You’re on Bernie Sanders’s Facebook,” a friend said to me…
The other day I was watching the Netflix show Easy when shame screamed in my ear.
I couldn’t stop looking at Orlando Bloom’s ripped abs. How does he look like that? He’s fucking 44. I shouldn’t have eaten that donut.
I’ve gained a few pounds this summer, and like many…
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