Humanity
What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?. Top Story - June 2026. Content Warning.
Not everyone grows up to be a good person. It's sad to consider, and I wish I did not have to. It is perhaps the greatest peril with aging into adulthood. I became aware. And, people change, despite best efforts, into monsters. It's hard to say who really deserves the blame for the concoction of socialization, parenting, and genetic luck that created them or to measure how much of it was a personal choice.
By Laura Lann4 months ago in Confessions
Three Flashbacks. Top Story - June 2026.
. Flashback 1 – Silent Conversation with Luc Delannoy; June 2026 . Lately there were two questions that I was asked in a group, whose main purpose is to reflect about experience. What is experience? was the question that drove the discussion from the moment in which we experience for the first time to the ever-present philosophical mind-body problem.
By Laura Rodben4 months ago in Confessions
More Ramblings About My Writing On Vocal
Introduction Every so often I feel I am running out of things to write about, although I have ideas for four pieces to write, but my inherent laziness is preventing me from doing this, so instead, I am going to write (once more) about how I manage to continue writing.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 months ago in Confessions
A Sort Of Problem. Top Story - November 2022.
Introduction I recently wrote a piece setting myself a task to create a fiction that was entirely positive. I wasn’t sure I could do it, but I did, and the story I am talking about is at the end of this one. So what is my problem?
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 months ago in Confessions
The Wallet on the Empty Train
I never expected a forgotten wallet to change the way I looked at humanity. Three years ago, I was working the night shift at a small warehouse on the outskirts of the city. The pay was barely enough to cover rent, groceries, and the occasional bus ticket. Every month felt like a race against unpaid bills.
By Jhon smith4 months ago in Confessions
The Penalty of Presence: Weaponized Misogyny in Progressive Advocacy
The landscape of contemporary social advocacy is frequently romanticized as a sanctuary of equity, a space where progressive ideals are translated into systemic defense for the vulnerable.
By Sai Marie Johnson4 months ago in Confessions
Delayed
Introduction Here's a thing. You are away for a weekend, that's a set number of days. You book accommodation, travel, take enough clothes and stuff you need for the duration, so you are ready for a good break away. Of course this could be work rather than pleasure but then something happens to throw a spanner in the works.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 months ago in Confessions
The truth about Life. Content Warning. AI-Generated.
Did you ever wake up and realize the direction the world is going in at the moment? If you did, well congratulations you know how use your brain. But, if you don't then you obviously got an education for nothing. If you even have an education.
By Gavin Barney-Sheets4 months ago in Confessions
A Moment That Changed My Life
A May Writing Challenge (#Quietcornermaychallenge). I know it is no longer May; The prompt — A Quiet Turning — Describe a moment that didn’t seem important at the time but changed everything later. Author’s Note: Stewartkabbis introduced me to this prompt from Quiet corner
By Denise E Lindquist4 months ago in Confessions
