Petty Pyromaniac

Human relationships are destroyed by "sheathing" the truth. One day, you can love a person wholeheartedly, but the next, realize the "doublespeak." You realize that you failed to analyze the tone behind the text messages, or the loopholes imbedded between each sentence uttered to you. We have been beaten at our own game, as conceding to be honest and not follow the societal policy of fake smiles and empty promises is conceding to be fooled. But, as Pinker said, "when all else fails, as it often does, [we] sort out [our] problems without any words at all." So, here I am asking: Is it better not to speak to some, in an effort to not re-open the "fistula"? When things turn sour, as we have meandered too close to the line between indirect speech and lies, we resort to the lack of words altogether. We adopt strong personas, claim certain friends, and pretend as if the things we say to certain people won't make its way back to them. Everythin...

The obsession with eliminating certain "gender-biased" words isn't only not beneficial, but is also ruining the definition of feminism in today's society. If I were to stand in front of one of my classrooms in today's society, and announce, "I am a feminist," I guarantee that half of the classroom would groan. There's no wonder why they would; a feminist today is seen as the carbon copy of Ms. Maggio in The Word Police . Forget about sex trafficking and the lack of education for women in third world countries, we need to change the word "mankind" to " all kind!" We women do not want to be called "gorgeous," that's sexist... we're more than our appearance. Really? "Lazy Susan?" Way to imply that all women are lazy... now let's change the Declaration to "all people are created equal." That's not feminism. I've never even met any women that have ever framed their beliefs as a femi...