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Self-Victimization: The Contradiction of Schrödinger’s Feminist – Perpetual Victims
[DISCLAIMER] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) was formed by the late psychologist Albert Ellis, who reportedly developed the first cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) psychotherapeutic modality in 1955, this blog entry is part of an ongoing series regarding his book, Ask Albert Ellis?: Straight Answers and Sound Advice from America’s Best-Known Psychologist. Regarding my professional care for mental, emotional, and behavioral health (collectively “mental health”),

Deric Hollings
4 days ago18 min read


Girl Dads and Wife Guys: Care, Custody, and Control vs. Agency and Ownership
[DISCLAIMER] I Was Once a Girl Dad, Wife Guy, and Feminist When serving in the United States Marine Corps (1996-2007), I met a female Marine (i.e., woman) who was physically separated from her male Marine husband (i.e., man). Together, they had a daughter (i.e., girl) who was six-months-old at the time when I first met her. After finalizing her divorce, the woman proposed to me and I accepted her hand in marriage (2002). Thus, her daughter became my stepdaughter. Althou

Deric Hollings
Oct 1025 min read


Between a Cock and a Hard Place: It’s All Men Until It’s No Men
[DISCLAIMER] All Men I occasionally write about my lived experienced pertaining to graduate studies at the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work (SSW), regarding the University of Texas (UT) at Austin (2012-2014). For example, I stated in Woke: These Bitches Are Crazy!: I was told that all males (i.e., boys and men) were oppressors, maintained privileges not afforded to females (i.e., girls and women), and that members of my sex (i.e., male) and gender (i.

Deric Hollings
Oct 425 min read


Women Most Affected
[DISCLAIMER] A platitude may be defined as a remark or statement, especially one with moral content, which has been used too often to be...

Deric Hollings
Oct 11, 20238 min read


What Brand of Feminism is This?
[DISCLAIMER] For those unaware, Russell Brand has recently been accused of “rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse.” I have no personal...

Deric Hollings
Sep 18, 20235 min read


Let Them Fight
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use The wisdom of Dr. Serizawa In the 2014 film Godzilla, fictional monsters begin to battle as a...

Deric Hollings
Mar 8, 20235 min read


Welcome to the Sisterhood
[DISCLAIMER] Welcome to the sisterhood Early in my social work education, in 2012, I was introduced to a preceptor at a hospital...

Deric Hollings
Mar 3, 202312 min read


Feminism
[ DISCLAIMER ] Early influence As I understand, my late mother, a white woman, was the first female union ironworker in Amarillo, Texas....

Deric Hollings
Feb 9, 202327 min read


Feminist Science
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Yesterday, when listing to an episode of the DarkHorse podcast, I heard Heather Heying discuss her...

Deric Hollings
Jan 9, 20233 min read
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