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What’s Wrong With Wanting to Live in Love Forever?

So long as we are able to love and be loved, the extension of the human lifespan will remain one of our most urgent endeavors

May 31, 2022

What’s Wrong With Wanting to Live in Love Forever?

May 31, 2022

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There Is Never a Good Time to Have OCD. Not Even During a Pandemic.

The media must stop underestimating the severity of this illness

Feb 6, 2021

There Is Never a Good Time to Have OCD. Not Even During a Pandemic.

Feb 6, 2021

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No Country for Old Men Over 75

Is it really so bad to grow old?

Jan 2, 2021

No Country for Old Men Over 75

Jan 2, 2021

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One Mentally Ill Writer’s Thoughts on Todd Phillips’ Brilliant ‘Joker’ Film

This film does speak to me, but not in the way that many of its most outspoken critics seem to think.

Nov 2, 2019

One Mentally Ill Writer’s Thoughts on Todd Phillips’ Brilliant ‘Joker’ Film

Nov 2, 2019

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Four Things You Shouldn’t Feel Ashamed of if You’re Mentally Ill

Don’t let the past hold you back from the future you desire

Jul 6, 2022

Four Things You Shouldn’t Feel Ashamed of if You’re Mentally Ill

Jul 6, 2022

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An Open Letter to Third-Party Voters

I don’t like the two-party system any more than you do, but we’ve got bigger fish to fry

Jun 29, 2022

An Open Letter to Third-Party Voters

Jun 29, 2022

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It’s Time for Liberals, Progressives, and Centrists to Call a Ceasefire

Now that Roe has been overturned, Democrats must build an inclusive, big-tent coalition that has what it takes to beat the GOP

Jun 24, 2022

It’s Time for Liberals, Progressives, and Centrists to Call a Ceasefire

Jun 24, 2022

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Invisible Illness

It All Started on the Walk Home From School

One of my most peculiar childhood habits turned out to be one of my earliest signs of OCD

Jun 23, 2022

It All Started on the Walk Home From School

Jun 23, 2022

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Is It the Guns, or Is It the Culture?

Even if our culture is to blame, we can’t sit on our hands and wait for it to change. There’s too many lives at stake.

Jun 22, 2022

Is It the Guns, or Is It the Culture?

Jun 22, 2022

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Jordan Peterson Still Doesn’t Understand the Business of Beauty

Peterson’s comments on his daughter’s podcast reveal a major flaw in his understanding of human perceptions of beauty

Jun 17, 2022

Jordan Peterson Still Doesn’t Understand the Business of Beauty

Jun 17, 2022

D.A. Kirk

D.A. Kirk

Outer space enthusiast. Japanese history junkie. I write about politics, culture, and mental illness. Disagreement is a precursor to progress.

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