Why Mental Health Awareness Is Like Anti-Smoking Campaigns
Anti-smoking and mental health awareness campaigns often glamorize behaviors they intend to prevent. Can promoting mental health be cool?
Art Is No Place For Moral Posturing…
As moral posturing dominates the art world, independent ideas seem all but dead. Do today’s artists have anything of value left to say?
Should Real Artists Make Money? (Or, On The Legitimacy Of Art)
The legitimacy of art lies in its independence. However, can artists dependent on financial compensation truly achieve creative freedom?
HATE MAIL Vol. 1: Carol Fankhouser
I got published in the Philly Inquirer! But clearly not everyone appreciates my work–Carol hates me so much she decided to harass me…
Why I Hate Writing Opinion Articles (But Do It Anyway…)
Writing is an act of public humiliation, so why do I continue to subject myself to it? Because others need permission for free expression…