In my article “The Covert Aggressor: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing,” I discuss how manipulators in a relationship can set up their partners for failure, then feel like they “win” when their partner feels bad. I’d like to visit another type of manipulator, the Parental Alienator. Meet Bob and Penny. Penny, never having had much male […]
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It’s easy to argue that revenge is as a necessary form of retributive justice. The reasoning goes that if you do harm to others, then you’re probably going to be punished, either socially, legally, or physically. In this way, revenge serves as an essential cultural survival tool. It keeps everyone in line just enough to
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I see only forms that are lit up and forms that are not. There is only light and shadow. Francisco Goya From a conversation, quoted by L. Matheron, Goya, Paris, 1858
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Recently, I visited a local haunted house, and it was absolutely fantastic. I screamed my lungs out and experienced a great range of emotion, witnessed some spectacular costumes, and got to watch others express themselves freely in a way only available in such houses of fear, awe, and weirdness. I highly recommend haunted houses for
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As a first-generation college student, I’m also the only member in my biological family to have attended and graduated high school. I see the promise of education very differently than my family. Knowledge is my sanctuary–it’s my safe place. I grew up witnessing both of my parents struggle with addiction, unemployment, and incarceration. Their relaxed
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A couple of years ago I read about the seed packages at Hudson Valley See Library designed by a number of local artists. I visited the site at once, and it was there that I first saw Sheryl Humphrey’s work, on an Art Pack design for Rainbow Chard. I was wowed. I remember happily whiling away a
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