The Quasi-Reality of Positive Emotion Normativity: Creating an Archive of Joy and Combating the Withering Principle
[Rather] than leaving these spaces feeling that the traumatic event has been adequately addressed, [a trauma metaphysic remains].
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May 55 min read
The Poem of the Mind
For many, words are sacrosanct only insofar as they are bluntly instrumental. They must be instantly efficacious, dense as a rock...
Apr 2918 min read
Maria Spiridonova Remembered Writing Contest Runners-Up
Elaina Erola won the Maria Spiridonova Remembered Writing Contest with her essay "What Their Spirits Know," but check out the runners-up!
Feb 2810 min read
The Exploitation of Misery: Reflections on Suffering as Capital
The elite decide who and how many will be remembered, and who and how many will be forgotten.
Feb 2719 min read
What Their Spirits Know
The place for Native American women is treacherous. We no longer live on the battlefield fighting our enemies, but...
Jan 448 min read
Existential Etiquette: Providing Actual Nourishment To One’s Self & To Others
Upholding principles then becomes integral to BDSM as it is part of social reality. This immediately indicts sadism as being open-ended...
Nov 4, 202322 min read
Beyond Alters: Prioritizing an Archive of Feelings over an Archive of Trauma in DID Treatment
Given the intricate interplay between alexithymia and dissociation, PAQ-S emerges as a potentially powerful tool [for working with DID].
Sep 22, 20238 min read
Top u.s. Court Approves of Shocking Kids
In 2023, amid groundbreaking advancements, we're still debating the ethics of delivering electric shocks to children.
Aug 14, 202324 min read
The Argument of Intrinsic Moral Responses: The Moral Dynamics Model
This idea challenges traditional ethical frameworks, from Plato’s forms to the consequentialist ethics of Bentham, to Kant's imperative.
Aug 2, 20235 min read
Dragging Their Own: Mattel's Erasure of Ken and Gender Stereotyping in Barbie
Suppose this script is a consequence not of a logical exploration of the Mattel Barbie and Ken dyad but an ideological propagation.
Jun 18, 202315 min read
Letter From The Editor: Transforming The Pain Beneath Misdeeds
Delve into mental health complexities, reinstitutionalization, and transformative therapies. Explore hope, dignity, and inclusive care.
Feb 11, 20237 min read
"I Work Hard But There’s Money"
If virtue signaling were an Olympic sport, Stephen Pearl Andrews would be surprised if Mark Nowak's Social Politics didn't win gold.
Nov 20, 20223 min read
Volunteer
Volunteering for our communities, a time honored practice. Elizabeth Wadsworth Ellis explores how we spend our time with these snapshots.
Oct 18, 202226 min read
Memoirs Of A Bearcat: Bombs Over Backwater
Part 6 of the Memoirs Of A Bearcat series. Time has passed since the events that transpired at Turtle Island in October 2016.
Oct 6, 202219 min read
Open The Gates Of Those Who Exist Beyond Reproach
Nobody is beyond reproach, not even the gay community. Paul Smit explores the darkness of coping mechanisms within the gay community.
Jul 28, 20226 min read
Dim Bulbs
Gregg Williard's "Dim Bulbs" is an enquiry in words and drawings into right-wing "strategized" or "weaponized" stupidity
Jun 22, 20224 min read
Burning Books
Steven Pearl Andrews thinks more texts should be bannable. Find out why!
May 20, 202211 min read
Secondhand Child Abuse: Parental Trust In American Ideologies, An Act Of Neglect
The state doesn't care about you. And it doesn't care about your children. Find out why the u.s. formula shortage is grounds for revolution.
Apr 18, 202222 min read
Memoirs Of A Bearcat: Arrestable Girls, Frontline Girls, Oh-How-I-Love-those-Dog-Bitten-Maced-Girls
Part 5 of the Memoirs Of A Bearcat series dealing with the recuperation efforts of Standing Rock organizers and their resistance efforts.
Apr 3, 202213 min read
Our Struggle Series: Introduction
The GroundUp presents the introduction to a new leftist epistemology which rights the wrongs made in the american leftist movement.
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