The aftermath of self-harm often involves a relentless search for answers, reasons, and someone to blame, leading to a sense of disconnection from oneself.
About Madison Cothern
Does It Ever Drive You Crazy Just How Fast the Night Changes?
The life one imagines often differs from the life one actually lives, leading to a sense of disorientation and the need to redefine oneself.
The life one imagines often differs from the life one actually lives, leading to a sense of disorientation and the need to redefine oneself.
I Didn’t Lose My Faith — I Stopped Entertaining Performative Certainty
Beliefs are influenced by culture, geography, and intellectual inheritance, highlighting their mediated nature.
Beliefs are influenced by culture, geography, and intellectual inheritance, highlighting their mediated nature.
Dante and Why We Avoid the Moment That Changes Us
Dante’s decision to begin the poem at this precise moment was not accidental.
Dante’s decision to begin the poem at this precise moment was not accidental.
Historian Reacts: The Ghost Timeline
Ghost timelines, like footnotes in history, remind us of life’s contingency and the ongoing nature of our stories.
Ghost timelines, like footnotes in history, remind us of life’s contingency and the ongoing nature of our stories.
Being Right Is Not the Same as Being Protected
Cassandra’s curse was not disbelief alone, but being forced to remain within a system that refused to act on her warnings.
Cassandra’s curse was not disbelief alone, but being forced to remain within a system that refused to act on her warnings.
When Recognition Refuses to Recognize You
Recognition should affirm value, but its absence highlights systemic limitations rather than individual shortcomings.
Recognition should affirm value, but its absence highlights systemic limitations rather than individual shortcomings.
Historian Reacts: When Innocence Became Dangerous
Throughout history, innocence is not a defense. It is a liability. Innocence does not function in the way confession does.
Throughout history, innocence is not a defense. It is a liability. Innocence does not function in the way confession does.
Historian Reacts: What McCarthyism Teaches Us About Cancel Culture Today
Capitol Hill is now parallel to the internet public square.
Capitol Hill is now parallel to the internet public square.
The Picture of Dorian Gray and What it Teaches Us About Instagram
The question Wilde leaves us with is not the ethics of curating our image but whether we still know how to recognize ourselves without the filter.
The question Wilde leaves us with is not the ethics of curating our image but whether we still know how to recognize ourselves without the filter.
The Perils of Indifference Begin With Doubting What We See
Algorithms reward detachment. Institutions reward compliance.
Algorithms reward detachment. Institutions reward compliance.