It can be tough to have different views about life and the world compared to someone else's. We can often fight for a long time when trying to find who's right and who's wrong. But there is only one definite truth: we all see the world differently... Click to play!
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The Problem With The Millennial Generation
(I'm a millennial! I'm only 23! So what I say is coming from personal opinion, experience, and observations!) Impatience We think we don't have time. We see everyone else's lives in front of us and want to rush our own lives so that they stack up. Get money and status right now. Marriage and… Continue reading The Problem With The Millennial Generation
Sexual Identity Part Two: Sex & Mental Health
*Part of the Identity Series* *Ensure to check out Sexual Identity Part One before reading this post... Exploring one's sexual identity can be scary. In our watchful world, rife with stigma and judgement, it can be difficult to be open and honest with yourself and others about your sexual status. Our modern world may… Continue reading Sexual Identity Part Two: Sex & Mental Health
Sexual Identity Part One
*Part of the Identity Series* I find sexuality to be a really funny topic. Not because sex or who you have sex with is funny, but because it riles up so many people. I'll never be able to fathom why some people are so disgusted and personally offended by what other people do sex-wise. It's… Continue reading Sexual Identity Part One
Politically Correct
I just watched the episode of Explained on Netflix that's about "Political Correctness" and so it inspired me to write my own post about it. Now, in this changing, ever-growing age that we live in, it can be hard to be politically correct. But the way I see it, as long as you're open-minded and… Continue reading Politically Correct
Reasons Why You Don’t Understand Mental Illness
Mental health = the care for and awareness of the mind, mentality, feelings and thoughts that we have Mental illness = a disorder, impairment, dysfunction, or illness of the mind (brain) I was thinking the other day about how it is that some people still can't wrap their heads around mental health and mental illness,… Continue reading Reasons Why You Don’t Understand Mental Illness
What A Panel of Black Authors Meant for Me
On Tuesday this week, I was able to hear authors Tomi Adeyemi (pictured with me above), Yomi Adegoke, and Elizabeth Uviebinene talk at a bookstore. These authors all had one thing in common - they were black, and they were Nigerian. It was a euphoric experience! I'm not the kind of woman (and never was… Continue reading What A Panel of Black Authors Meant for Me
Identity Labels That We Need to Remove
*This is a controversial blog post, I know. I am saying, or at least trying to, that labels can be damaging and that we need to be careful when using them...* Here are the biggest labels that we use on one another to try to categorise and "understand" one another better: White Black Asian Mixed… Continue reading Identity Labels That We Need to Remove
Perspective
I find that perspective is the most important tool to checking yourself (or rather, getting yourself in check). As I've gotten older, I've found my ability to check-myself and put things into perspective has increased tenfold, and I'm writing this IEG article today about perspective because this morning I finished reading "The Fault in Our… Continue reading Perspective
S. R. Crawford 