by James Fell | Sep 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
“Be the change you want to see in the world” is a tall fucking order. Gandhi never said that, FYI. Environmental catastrophe. War. Starvation. Wealth inequality. Systemic bigotry. These issues rend our humanity, but I am uncertain how to be the changes that would have...
by James Fell | Sep 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
Chances are, you’re a middle-aged white man. Or maybe that Tammy Lasagna person. Anyway, you’ve decided to hate Greta Thunberg. And I get it. She’s a truant. When she was 15, she left school to protest outside Swedish Parliament for stronger climate action. She should...
by James Fell | Sep 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
Please note that you are reading the blog of a privileged white Canadian man offering his privileged white Canadian male opinion. Goddammit, Justin. You fucked up. Many are right to be upset with him. Racism is a problem throughout the world and Canada is no...
by James Fell | Sep 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
Terrible thing, to live in fear. —Morgan Freeman as “Red” in The Shawshank Redemption I saw a meme on Facebook that was three check boxes. The first was “Christian.” The second was “Agnostic.” The third—the one that was checked—was “Atheist, and kind of a dick about...
by James Fell | Aug 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
I live in a city that has one of the best bike path systems in North America, and since I’m a writer that means I get to use it lots because I can say that riding my bike is creative-thought time, so there. Alas, yesterday’s bike ride was “I’d like to punch all these...
by James Fell | Jul 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
I read a piece about how the point of a religious cult sending their flock door to door to proselytize isn’t about winning converts but strengthening their hold on its members. The success rate of converting hungover people on a Saturday morning who just want to be...
