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The Human Condition

On relationships, psychology, and the architecture of human connection

MAR 202612 MIN READFeaturedInteractive

The Gilded Blindfold: How Privilege Delays Justice Until It Becomes Personal

A case study in complicity, the law of white spaces, and why good people remain silent

There is a particular kind of cruelty in being loved by someone who will not fight for you. In *Wicked: For Good*, this cruelty finds its perfect embodiment in Glinda's relationship with Elphaba. Glin...

MAR 20267 MIN READ

The Art of the Exit

On sunk costs, golden handcuffs, and the courage to walk away

It’s a curious feature of the human condition, isn’t it? We fancy ourselves rational creatures, architects of our own destiny, making calculated decisions in our own best interest. And yet, we linger....

FEB 20268 MIN READFeaturedInteractive

The Pity Delusion

Understanding Pity-Based Love

MAR 20268 MIN READFeaturedInteractive

The Courage to Choose

Why Black women and white men build the strongest partnerships

There is a particular kind of courage required to love across the lines that society has drawn. It is not the courage of rebellion for rebellion's sake, but something quieter and more profound: the co...

JAN 20266 MIN READ

Confusing Pity for Love

The original dispatch that started it all

There is a particular breed of person: you may know one, you may be one: who mistakes the ache in their chest for love when it is, in fact, pity wearing a very convincing disguise. They find someone w...

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