What does it mean to ask big questions? This issue is concerned with the big and the bold. It ranges from the unceasing evaluation of …
STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS III: ON WHY THE GRANDIOSE CRITIQUE OF CAPITALISM
[This is the third of three pieces inspired, yet not strictly following, this format. They all attempt to present different criticisms to society as a …
Bipedalism, Blushing, and Brains
Humans are unique and paradoxical. More powerful than any other species, and yet less attuned to the delicate balance of the world around them. Humans …
How Language Constructs Reality
“The limits of my language mean the limits of my world” -Ludwig Wittgenstein in his book the Logico-Tractatus Philosophicus. Language is widely and obviously acknowledged …
Children or No Children– A Question We Really Shouldn’t Be Asking Ourselves
Growing up, my friends and I would get together and discuss the names of our future children. How many boys did we want? How many …
The Modern Myth of Self-Sufficiency
Nineteenth-century opera Das Rheingold shows its characters faced with a choice which leaves them utterly torn: they are presented with a magic ring which gives …
STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS I: ON HOW WE FIND OURSELVES COMPLYING WITH SOCIETY
[This is the first of three pieces inspired, yet not strictly following, this format. They all attempt to present different criticisms to society as a …
Hierarchy and Civil Society- How Do We Understand Human Nature Without It?
“It’s a dog eat dog world, and life isn’t fair, so deal with it.” We hear this so often on the daily it’s pretty easy …
The Paper Doll Disease: The Third Impulse and The Dismemberment Drive
Age five: I stood before the mirror and gripped the soft flesh of my stomach and a part of me longed to cut it all …
How the 19th Century Transcendentalists are 21st Century Prophets
Ralph Waldo Emerson may have been the first love of my life. As I sat in my Advanced Placement English Language course at age 16, …