I’ve watched Disney’s Encanto about a dozen times, and listened to the soundtrack… well, I’ve lost count, but it’s probably in the triple digits. This isn’t because I’m passionate or obsessive – it’s because in addition to being a therapist, [...]
Consent is a hot topic on the internet right now, and there are a lot of great metaphors out there for how it works. There’s an article that’s been going around about borrowing a friend’s car, one about stealing money, [...]
About 10 years ago, my friend Harrison tossed a CD at me and said, “you have got to hear this album.” At the time, Harrison and I were deep into a genre of music called wizard rock, which was – [...]
When I was 15 years old, a friend and I bought tickets to the movie Mission to Mars and didn’t see it. Instead, not yet old enough to buy tickets to an R-rated movie, we snuck into American Beauty. And [...]
We all know the story of Little Red Riding Hood. She’s on her way to Granny’s house when she encounters a Big Bad Wolf who turns on the charm, waylays her, and coerces her into spending a bit more time [...]
“You have to read this book. It’s called “Be Your Own Windkeeper”. It’s about how women need to be more empowered. Oh, but there’s wind! And the wind can make us goddesses. But do you know who takes our wind? [...]
“I’m just a girl who cain’t say no!” proclaims Ado Annie (prounced Ay-doe Annie), from Rogers and Hammerstein’s 1943 musical Oklahoma! by way of introduction. Poor Ado Annie. She’s so confused about what’s okay and what isn’t. Everyone tells her she [...]