The Lone Wolf myth is pervasive in Western culture — the idea that what really moves the needle and has the power to make change is a single solitary force: an exceptional, rugged individual who can brute force his (and it’s usually a he) way through all opposition and Get Things Done. It’s the seductive […]
Considering your thought patterns and style of interacting with the world, which set of personality traits seems to characterize you more: Internalizer Externalizer Believe it’s up to you to change things Expect others to do it for you Mentally active; love to learn things Impulsive and reactive; take action before thinking about things, to blow […]
There’s something those of us in marginalized groups know instinctively, having lived lives long in opposition to a dizzying continuum of Absurd Moral Authority: from outright violence, to secretive “technical” manipulations of statutes designed to erode or remove rights, to vague and carefully unstated “wink wink nudge nudge” moments from individuals of authority who had […]