How I found a renewed appreciation for ABC’s 1997–02 sitcom, helping me contextualize dysfunction in a different light — Television nostalgia has been on the upswing for the better part of a decade. Old shows get rebooted or reimagined. Reruns of those same shows get picked up by streaming services. Some still languish on the schedules of traditional cable networks and syndicated stations. Throughout the past couple of months…

Single-sex education can be controversial…but could I have benefitted from it, as a child? — In recent decades, there’s been much discussion over trends that show boys falling behind in school while girls are increasingly excelling. There are a number of possible explanations for this. Experts and observers have invoked everything ranging from curriculum design to emotional intelligence to neurological maturity to societal narratives to…

Boomers vs. Zoomers: Kelly Ripa’s fairly-new game show pits grandparents against grandkids with style and flair — Two summers ago, ABC debuted a new game show called Generation Gap. Hosted by daytime mainstay Kelly Ripa, this one-hour competition offers a family-friendly take on America’s generational divides. Generation Gap finished airing its second season this past September. The heart of the show is based on trivia unique to…

Holding somebody hostage under the guise of “forgiving them, but never forgetting what they did” is disingenuous behavior — Most of us admit to having struggled with the act of forgiveness. Some more frequently than others. On the flip side, we all have caused harm to others — either consciously or unconsciously — and often desire for them to forgive us. One of my earliest Medium articles was a…

The Stowegressives (“Negotiators” or “Pre-Missionaries”) forced America to confront its moral compass but romanticized exceptionalism — As part of my effort to promote intergenerational literacy, I released the first eight-part segment of my “Jigsaw Gens” series, earlier this year. Jigsaw Gens A rundown of every generation across the past 150 years — from Hemingrebels to Alphaseichy815.medium.com

A rundown of temporal attributes and historical peers shared by many Pre-Missionaries — As part of my ongoing “Jigsaw Gens” series, I profile the various American generations (and “microgenerations”) identified by historians. Jigsaw Gens A rundown of every generation across the past 150 years — from Hemingrebels to Alphaseichy815.medium.com In This Installment… Featured Generation: “Stowegressives” (aka Pre-Missionaries, Negotiators, Word-Smithsonians, Highnotes, Judicial Gatekeepers)

Reciting this phrase might come with benign intentions, but it often cloaks some much worse sentiments. — We’ve all heard it. Some people utter it with resignation. Others, with contempt. This phrase has become so widespread and generic that it almost seems to be lampooning itself, these days… “Happy wife, happy life” The surface-level advice seems clear enough. If a red-blooded American man serves as a provider…

NYU legal professors Kenji Yoshino & David Glasgow broach the tricky process of balancing sensitivity with authenticity — The noise and misrepresentations surrounding Critical Race Theory, “political correctness,” or what people define as supposedly “woke” aren’t going away anytime soon. For that reason, I’m thankful I picked up a book that helped me to better understand people who fall on the opposing side of many issues from me.

Neurotypical privilege involves weaponizing someone else’s visual anxiety against them — From early in my life, I’ve struggled to make eye contact with other people. When I was a young kid, I sort of took this aversion for granted. Since then, I’ve gradually learned more about the spectrum of experiences endured by those of us diagnosed with autism. In hindsight, it…