E.B. Johnson
Bio
E.B. Johnson is a writer, coach, and podcaster who likes to explore the line between humanity and chaos.
Stories (36/0)
In Hope of Tomorrow
Dear Tomorrow, Does this letter find you well? Does it find you in a better state of mind? Here it rains all the time and nothing is ever as it seems. Fogs roll in, making it hard to find you. I wonder, do you look for me in that fog? I can't help but hope you are hopeful of a better day too.
By E.B. Johnson about a year ago in Poets
Set Wide the Window
"Do you come here often?" It was a cliche question made even more cliche by the fact that it was being asked in an emergency room. I rolled my eyes. Having been in the lowest spiral of my life over the last three weeks, the last thing I wanted to do was trade banter with a triage nurse at three o'clock in the morning. No matter how attractive or Australian they were.
By E.B. Johnson about a year ago in Humans
Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus are Trending Again. Here's Why That's a Bad Thing.
When Miley Cyrus and her godmother, Dolly Parton, released their duet “Rainbowland” in 2017, they had no idea of the controversy it would cause. “It’s really about if we could love one another a little better or be a little kinder,” Parton told people in an interview promoting the new song. Little did she know, it would become one of the biggest controversies on the internet and in a Wisconsin school district.
By E.B. Johnson about a year ago in Pride
- Runner-Up in If Walls Could Talk
When the Demons Ride from HellRunner-Up in If Walls Could Talk
In Whitechapel, no one questioned if walls could talk. It was only a matter of what stories they would tell. Where some walls held secrets, the walls in this pocket of the city held revelations. Dark truths. Memories of sights that could shake the foundation of a world that was still trying to take shape.
By E.B. Johnson about a year ago in Fiction
What Fantasy Race Arguments Really Say About Us
It has been weeks, and still the backlash rages on. You can turn to any corner of the internet and find it, raging internet trolls whose lives have been “destroyed”. Not by war or any government mandates. No. By the choice of Disney+ to release a straight-to-television version of The Little Mermaid in which the lead role (Ariel) is played by a Black woman.
By E.B. Johnson 2 years ago in Humans
Becoming Another (PT I)
“Pick it up.” “No.” “I said pick it up.” It took three more minutes of arguing before they got it folded it into the trunk. Stellisa and her father climbed back into the old Ford and he grunted as the keys clicked over and the engine roared to life. They didn’t speak a word until they were long down the highway.
By E.B. Johnson 2 years ago in Fiction
A Love Letter to My Narcissistic Mother
The day I found my mother’s psychiatric medication is a day that saved my life. Sneaking into my mother’s bedroom had always been a sin, but it became a capital crime after my father left. Weeks after his car had peeled out of the driveway — gravel ricocheting in its wake — she had slammed the door shut to that doomed room and pointed her finger in my face.
By E.B. Johnson 2 years ago in Psyche
Dealing with Toxic Family During the Holidays
by: E.B. Johnson Let’s face it, while you’re busy making plans — they’re busy preparing their critiques for you (and your life). Your toxic family doesn’t really care if you have a good Christmas, a good Hanukkah, or anything else. No. When it comes to the holiday season, the abusive, toxic, regressive family only cares about their image, their feelings, or the image they’re trying to project. Your surviving the next month is going to require adopting a new perspective. But more than that, it’s going to require acceptance. Acceptance of them, acceptance of you…and acceptance of everything you will never be.
By E.B. Johnson 2 years ago in Families