Peter Spering
Stories (17/0)
White Fragility by Robin Diangelo: On the Crest of a Wave, or Sinking Ship?
Dr. John McWhorter, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, did a piece for the The Atlantic last year, in which he stated that White Fragility is a "dehumanizing condescension toward Black people."
By Peter Spering3 years ago in Humans
The Chamber
Drip, drop. There's a tiny crack in the ceiling of this empty cell. The sound of water droplets slinking through it and diving to the growing puddle below is the only company I've had for days now. Much like a withered married couple tied together only by the frayed threads of mutual dependency and an old-fashioned sense of duty though, it is a relationship fraught with tension. I've been forced to endure the sound for so long now that each time a droplet falls, every cell in my body quivers with fury.
By Peter Spering3 years ago in Horror
Gone with the Wind
Under the grey skies of northern England do I stand, on a cool, autumnal day. On both sides of me are two rows of terraced houses, long and drab, blocking out the wind to the best of their ability, but these gusts are crafty and resourceful, slipping through all the available openings and reaching out to me, catching the stray ends of my hair and making them dance like marionettes.
By Peter Spering3 years ago in Motivation