With regards to Harvey Milk, who once said, “I know that you can live on hope, alone, but without it, life is not worth living.” He nailed that, but cancer survivors are robbed of so much else in our lives, hope is the one thing we cling to, like a…

In the wake of the increasingly dreadful film series, I thought now would be a unique opportunity to revisit the book, and, more specifically, what it predicted accurately — Futurism is a tricky, desperate thing, unless we’re discussing “Futurama,” which somehow predicted all of today’s bullshit, including the reelection of Richard Nixon. In almost every other example, from Heinlein to Haldeman, predicting the fate of our species is an exercise in making as many predictions as possible, and quietly…

My support group, who normally are my bedrock in generating stories, are all having a good week. We literally just did a very quick individual check-in (I might have revealed that my religious bent is “Lutheran atheist” and that, as guilt, self-doubt, and anxiety are my core emotions, I wouldn’t…

In light of the recent, weird review-bombs that straight men with tiny penises (penii? Penodes? What’s the plural) inevitably leave whenever any franchise suggests they share this world with other people, I felt compelled to give a differing view. — I hate to bring politics into this piece in the first paragraph, but that’s what the Incels have just required me to do. I can’t just say, “This is awesome, you should go see it,” anymore; I now have to delve into why a brown kid from the Rust Belt…

As someone who watched Columbine on live television, and is now old enough to see history repeat itself, I knew that we would see the inevitable distractions and non-solutions to America’s gun-violence crisis. We’re now returning, on social media, to that tired old one, “We need more Jebus.” For my religious friends, the punchline this week is, “religion is no substitute for coherent policy, but politicians would like you to think it is.”

As someone who watched Columbine unfold on live television in middle school, the entire Uvalde episode that claimed over 20 lives has an eerie sense of deja vu. With an intriguing twist. — I can’t get over the persistent rumor that the Uvalde Police quietly ducked into Robb Elementary School to save their own kids before actually doing anything. In complete honesty, the Uvalde PD has denied those claims, but hasn’t bothered with the claims that they huddled outside in their body armor…

Being Yr Guide to clinical trials, experimental treatment, and how to make informed decisions when there is no real information — The other day (yesterday, it was yesterday), I mentioned to several friends, in various places, what life was like for cancer patients prior to Roe v Wade establishing bodily autonomy and patients’ rights to informed consent. You may not be familiar with cancer survival prior to the 70’s. That’s largely…

I was disheartened to learn that Justice Samuel Alito, in a very strange brief that quoted an historical figure who was actually involved in witch trials was accredited as a “jurist” (I’ll give the man points for creative writing), is now allowing states to make their own laws concerning abortion…

Let’s talk about ableism. Specifically, let’s talk about one aspect of ableism that is never, ever discussed; how it limits your social circle. — So, as I’ve noted elsewhere, there’s a pervasive form of ableism in society — the assumption that everyone’s body is the same and operates the same way. One of the more insidious aspects of ableism is that it’s not a totally invalid lens from which to view the world. If…