Disclaimer: These are personal essays and as such reflect personal opinions. If you want to discuss the content of my essays, you're welcome to email me about them, but if you're looking to start an argument, I suggest you go somewhere else. I'm not interested. I neither expect nor require you to conform to my opinions, and I would be much obliged if you'd extend me the same courtesy.
Feminist: It's a Dirty Word: A conversational discussion on feminism, what it means to be feminist, and the stigmatization of feminism.
An Introduction to Gay Pride for Heterosexuals: An explanation of gay pride, Gay Pride events, and why Pride is important, written the day before my first Pride parade.
The Alien Problem, or, What's Wrong With Mainstream Sci-Fi: An observational discussion of trends observed in mainstream science fiction with regards to alien races.
The Demon in the Darkness: Why I'm Not Scared of the Dark: Thoughts on the symbolism of darkness and how minorities and oppressed groups can reclaim that symbolism.
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