X: Straight Edge and Radical Sobriety
“Simply being straight edge doesn’t make you better than anyone else, especially if you embrace and perpetuate a lot of the fucked-up aspects of mainstream culture.” –Eva Hall, p. 28 Gabriel Kuhn has done it again. Nearly a decade after his initial effort to capture the political elements associated with straight edge, he offers us […]
My hikes in 2019
Hiking is a restorative exercise. You disconnect from society and reconnect with nature and yourself. I meant what I said when I told people that I would do more of it once I relocated to this part of the country. Last year, I made time to explore a couple of different trails in the Sierras. […]
As consumers, our choices have implications
To some, spending money in a store is akin to casting a ballot in an election. While this is an imperfect analogy, I’ve come to appreciate it. Undoubtedly, we send companies a message every time we open our wallets to them in the marketplace. We monetarily reinforce the multiple components of their business model – […]
