Pirate

Society is Broken as Long as It Protects Rape Culture.

(TW: for mentions of abuse, stalking and harassment. No details, but I know that it can bring up a lot…

The Ultimate (White) Privilege? Being Meryl Streep

Somewhere deep in the drafts folder for this site is a post called “The Privilege of Being Meryl Streep.” I…

Review: Disney’s The Finest Hours

Today, The Finest Hours opens in theaters. Based on the true story of a Coast Guard rescue, the film stars…

Gifts for the Tech Lover / Con Goer

In Part 2 of Whitney’s first year doing gift guides, I thought I’d lay out some of my favorite gadgets…

Gifts for the Athletic Person in your life

I’m going to try to give you some interesting gifts for this Christmas, even if one of them is a…

Facebook’s On This Day. How to Protect Your Sanity.

Yesterday, I blogged about Facebook’s On This Day showing me posts from the day I learned a dear friend died.…

Blindsided by grief. Thanks Facebook.

I’ve written a lot about grief- dealing with the sudden death of my best friend Jerad. (Technically, he was my…

NaBloPoMo #5 – WE HAVE A KITCHEN!

In post #1 this month, I talked about the kitchen renovation, and how stressful it’s been. And this week was…

#KidletBros: First Impressions of Disney Infinity 3.0

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That isn’t a compliment. Really.

So I shared a vlog two days ago, and was excited… because I had a killer thumbnail in which the…