Category: internet
Exploring how our perceptions are shaped by our tech overlords
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My empathy crisis
Empathy seems overloaded. We fight for global causes online but struggle to connect with the “Other” in our daily lives. But is technology creating a generation with empathy fatigue, or can we use it to bridge the gap between faceless compassion and real-world connections?
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The internet does motherhood dirty
A little note to my peers on having children.
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The guilty pleasure of being angry
On why despondency is annoying, and how we ought to inhabit a less-than-perfect world, especially online.
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“I’m doing this for me” and other beauty industry myths
On why we’re led to believe that we wear makeup for ‘ourselves’, examining choice feminism, accepting that humans will always love beauty, and a little mom-guilt on the side.
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You might actually need people
Say no to self-indulgent self-care. Let’s challenge the notion that you need to focus on YOU, and cut everything and everyone out in order to become a better person.
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The vicinity of Christmas
On my made-up holiday tradition, and the fact that it’s impossible to exist in a passive way online.
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World pain
On coping with the fact that our world will never live up to our expectations and will always, always carry a deep pain with it. And we carry that pain too – sometimes more heavily than other times. This is one of those times for me.
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Unfinished Conversations 