Fighting Racism and Misogyny Requires Gratitude and Forgiveness, Not Hate

So, this happened. It's hard for me to figure out what's more disgusting about this video. The slurs? The fact that this woman spewed out the foulest language imaginable in front of her two young kids? The ease with which she jumped to racist talk when angry? As the man in the video says, racism …

Saturday Upsides: The Illusion of Control

Damn, this is hard, I thought. I laid on the bench, struggling to remember all of her instructions as I pushed the bar up as straight as possible. Of course this is hard. Bench pressing isn't meant to be easy. Shut up and focus! I have to shout to myself internally otherwise I'd lay here all day …