Humans are the simplest sum of their biggest fault.… more
Onscreen, George Bailey is wandering the streets of Bedford Falls, pacing by the house of the girl he is meant to be with but doesn’t know it yet. I cry when he shakes her like a rabbit. You think I don’t know that love?… more
Well, the revolution made Karim fatherless all his life. Now the coup made him lifeless. … more
Her sigh woke us—Dad from his silent, attentive driving, and us from our screens in the backseat. … more
Violence is all about the truth. You have to hand it to violence — everyone knows where they are with it.… more
“When grandmother passed away, father grew reticent. And I was okay with it, since he abandoned his routine of scolding me for lacking masculinity. Since he didn’t condemn every tear that fell from my face, spewing the same toxic rhetoric of how I needed to emotionally withdraw and appear similar to a parapet wrapped in black derma, to protect everyone around me, just like him. When I thought I would cry most, I felt nothing.”… more
A boy under the cancerous spell of his abusive father. A town under the deprived grip of misogyny and violence. Both stunted and silenced with fear.… more
There was purity and punishment to fighting and a release valve at the end of his fists.
OR…
Sometimes birds lose their way or have an accident.
Sometimes they become victims of predators.… more
Things that go hand and hand – like professional wrestling and pornography.… more