The intersection of culture and tradition on one side and stereotype and prejudice on the other is a crystalline objectification of an entire continent of people.
Author Archives: Micah1814
The South’s Anti-Asian Problem
Part 1 – The Race Paradigm Last week, the nation was stunned by a series of murders in the Atlanta area. A young man targeted three massage establishments and killed eight people, six of whom were Asian women. It is not my practice to become engaged in the particulars of these crimes, and I haveContinue reading “The South’s Anti-Asian Problem”
That’s Just Not Natural!
Until we finally moved to Nashville when I was 12, my mind never stopped fidgeting. Small-town life fit me like a shrunken tank top and annoyed me like the itchy label in back. I was relieved to cast it aside in time for my teenage years.
Time After Time
“While I created some separation in my world, my sense of time over the past year was the same amorphous blob I’ve heard others describe–mostly one long stretch of disconnection, with blips of normality around the edges.”
Daylight Griping Time: The Notorious D.S.T.
Daylight is a metaphor for life itself, and planning our days around its ebbs and flows is just as natural for us as it is for time to not pay attention to our silly theatrics and to keep flowing as it always does.
Taking Control of Daddy Issues
“This is a story about control. My control. Control of what I say, and control of what I do. And this time, I’m gonna do it my way.” –Janet Jackson, Control In 1986, the year that Janet Jackson became my role model, she provided a template for breaking free from a domineering father in theContinue reading “Taking Control of Daddy Issues”
Who Run the World (and the South)?
Nowhere has the influence of Southern women been so fully realized as in popular music.
Not A Girl, Not Yet a Human
“The women in this family are very strong-minded and have their own opinion, and they wanna do what they wanna do, and as much as I admire that as a guy, being, like, one of two guys in this entire family, it kinda sucks, man.” -Bryan Spears, brother of Britney Spears, responding to questions aboutContinue reading “Not A Girl, Not Yet a Human”
Life on the Farm
To paraphrase George Orwell, some people are more human than others. And that’s why common human regard is often not as common as it could be.
Veneration is Old Hat – A Meditation on Aging
The only wisdom I’ve gained as I’ve gotten older is that getting older doesn’t make one wise.
From the South - But Not Of the South 