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Ankle Bracelets
[DISCLAIMER] Vinnie Paz In my opinion, hip hop collective Jedi Mind Tricks’ member Vinnie Paz is a lyricist, not a rapper. His wordplay...
Deric Hollings
Aug 25, 202314 min read
Apex Fallacy
[DISCLAIMER] In my spare time, I enjoy learning about logical fallacies—common errors in reasoning which undermine the logic of an...
Deric Hollings
Aug 23, 20234 min read
The 'Rithm, the Rebel
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use The rhythm, the rebel In 1988, rap collective Public Enemy released an album entitled It Takes a...
Deric Hollings
Aug 23, 20236 min read
Freaks
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use In the 1932 film Freaks a popular chant about acceptance was featured in a scene that has since...
Deric Hollings
Aug 22, 20234 min read
The Village
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use ** The Village spoilers contained herein** I recall having watched M. Night Shyamalan ’s film The...
Deric Hollings
Aug 21, 20236 min read
Three Things
[DISCLAIMER] I recently had conversations with three people about the limits of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). For the sake of...
Deric Hollings
Aug 20, 20237 min read
Life in Plastic, it's Fantastic References
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use References: Albrecht, S. (2012, August 10). Female teachers as sexual predators. Psychology Today....
Deric Hollings
Aug 19, 202311 min read
Life in Plastic, it's Fantastic
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use **Barbie spoilers contained herein** Background On their 1997 album Aquarium, Danish-Norwegian...
Deric Hollings
Aug 19, 202366 min read
The Science
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use The Great Reset On their 2023 album Broken King’s II , rapper E-Fluent and producer Reckonize Real...
Deric Hollings
Aug 6, 20239 min read
Do Something About It
[DISCLAIMER] There’s a scene in the 2009 film Mother and Child that stood out to me when watching it and thinking about how I approach...
Deric Hollings
Aug 2, 20234 min read
Lethal Injection
[ DISCLAIMER ] Towards the end of 1993, rapper Ice Cube released an album entitled Lethal Injection . It remains one of my favorite...
Deric Hollings
Aug 2, 20235 min read
Only the Strong
[DISCLAIMER] Only the strong I remember the passionate sound of Jerry Butler’s 1968 song “Only the Strong Survive” playing from a vinyl...
Deric Hollings
Jul 31, 20237 min read
Accept Yourself
[DISCLAIMER] Earlier this morning, when practicing self-improvement through physical training, I heard a line from rapper ANoyd’s song...
Deric Hollings
Jul 28, 20234 min read
Each One, Teach One
[DISCLAIMER] In high school, I drove my Ford Escort GT through the streets of Bomb City with the seat back. The above-indicated photo...
Deric Hollings
Jul 28, 20237 min read
Chesterton's Fence
[DISCLAIMER] Imagine walking in the countryside and you come upon a barbed wire fence. What do you do? Do you stay on one side of the...
Deric Hollings
Jul 27, 20235 min read
Denying the Antecedent
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Cornell West, a black man, has announced his intention to run for the office of the President of the...
Deric Hollings
Jul 18, 20234 min read
Nobody Believes That
[DISCLAIMER] Are you familiar with the phenomenon of a referential index shift—when the subject of the sentence shifts from one...
Deric Hollings
Jul 18, 20233 min read
Tolerating Tomfoolery
[DISCLAIMER] A number of years ago, before I ever heard of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I had a friend who I’ll refer to as...
Deric Hollings
Jul 17, 20235 min read
Syllogistic Practice
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Disappointingly, I didn’t learn about logic and reason until I was well into adulthood. Perhaps had...
Deric Hollings
Jul 17, 20234 min read
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