The Doubt Monster

We love the idea of the "mini me". Not sure what that says about us. Are we just vain, or is it a desire from a primal level? That's for another post. Either way, we - just like all living things - are made to reproduce. We're so good at it that as of May 2019 we number 7.7 billion worldwide. That's insane, y'all. Though I think the devastation we bring to our planet is more than just overpopulation (it's mainly being inconsiderate to our home), overpopulation is a problem. The issue is less about the amount of people as it is about our use of resources. " Human overpopulation  (or  population overshoot ) occurs when the  ecological footprint  of a human population in a specific geographical location exceeds the  carrying capacity  of the place occupied by that group.  Overpopulation  can further be viewed, in a long term perspective, as existing if a population cannot be maintained given the rapid depletion of  non-renewable resour...

I remember thinking that I would never be fat and I was relieved I would never know what that felt like. I remember thinking how uncomfortable it must be, being fat. I remember thinking how I would never let myself get to that point, where I felt like there was too much weight on me - where I could feel it every time I moved. Ironically, at the same time, I thought I wasn't thin enough. I thought I was fat - just not that kind of fat. I thought I would never be fat because my mom raised me on a healthy diet and with a healthy lifestyle. We ate really, really well. As the years passed, my mom would learn more about nutrition, and that would influence our meals and our activities. I was never a child who liked exercise or team sports but I wouldn't say I wasn't an active child either. Through the warm months I was always in the neighborhood parks goofing around, or biking in endless circles around the nearby schools. Running, biking, swimming, exploring - those were ...

SPOILER WARNING FOR GAME OF THRONES SEASONS 1-8 Okay - I'm pissed off which means it's the perfect time to write. It has to do with "Game of Thrones" and women, two things I'm passionate about. I came across an article by Variety titled: "Jessica Chastain, Ava DuVernay Call Out 'Game of Thrones' for Treatment of Women". At first I laughed, for multiple reasons. One, I assumed they were talking about the various rapes and trials the female characters of Westeros/Essos had to endure, and I wondered if they realized that A) it's a show not real life, and B) how do they think actual medieval women fared? Two, I thought about all the strong, powerful, relatable, compassionate, fiery females the show/book series has given us. From Daenerys (you know, the one with the dragons who can walk out of a bonfire unharmed, who freed millions of slaves and acquired armies and followers in the thousands) to Cersei (a woman who felt underrated and s...