March 4, 2022 What do I want to do to live one more day? To live as the authentic me Someday, in some way I would be happy People’s expectations have defined who I am. My assumed inferiority and lack of self-esteemed led to » Continue Reading
The godmother of punk was a mohawked opera artist and writer. Catharina "Nina" Hagen is a German singer, songwriter, and actress. Nina Hagen is renowned for her iconic, unconventional appearance and her theatrical vocals. She rose to prominence during the punk and new wave movements in the late 1970s and early 1980s. During this time, she joined the band Automobil and released the single "Du hast ... » Continue Reading
🦋 Growing up in a large family with generational trauma and being stricken with financial instability, boundaries were not common. If one of my siblings were to want distance, our parents were there to guilt-trip us into being the "perfect and dutiful" child. Every last one of us wants to escape our parents' hold. Some are more successful than others. Children that are a by-product of dysfunction... » Continue Reading
Reinaldo Arenas: A Freedom Writer Arenas wrote many stories about his life and the hardships faced by the youth during Castro’s reign in Cuba. While in prison for homosexual activity, he continued to write and publish his literary works by smuggling them out of jail. His words knew freedom from oppression before he did. His art, his writing, deals with the fantasia and the mystic of lyricism and ... » Continue Reading
Actor, musician, singer, director, producer, and cult icon with such indie films as the cult classic "Buffalo 66'" and the universally panned film, "The Brown Bunny," Vincent Gallo has a persona that emits a pungent odor of misogyny and bigotry and antisemitism that relies on his abusive upbringing has a clutch for his misinformed views. He goes against mainstream ideals to depict himself as » Continue Reading
In early 2022, I challenged myself to write poetry — a poem a day for twenty-one days. Unable to find a suitable place to publish this boxy of work until now, I will publish one piece ever so often. Here's a poem I wrote on the twenith of March: March 20, 2022 "Enunciate!" That word. That tone of assumed superiority To m » Continue Reading