fact or fiction
Is it a fact or is it merely fiction? Fact or Fiction explores relationship myths and truths to get your head out of the clouds and back into romantic reality.
The Racism You’re Not Supposed to Talk About:
For a community that prides itself on rainbows, love, and “chosen family,” the gay world has a very real, very ugly secret: racism is baked into its culture more deeply than most are willing to admit. People love to chant “love is love” at Pride, but scroll through Grindr for five minutes, walk into a club in a major gay city, or look at who gets put on magazine covers, and you’ll see how conditional that love actually is.
By Edwin Betancourt Jr.about a month ago in Humans
The Last Promise
A World War Story of Two Friends The winter of 1944 was colder than any soldier had ever known. Snow mixed with ashes, and every breath carried the taste of fear. Deep in the muddy trenches of France sat two young soldiers — Arvin Hale, just 19, and Jonas Reed, 20. They had left their homes with dreams, pride, and the belief that the war would end quickly. But the battlefield taught them otherwise.
By Wings of Time 2 months ago in Humans
The Weight of Reality: The Myth of Fairness
1. Fairness Is a Human Fiction Fairness is not a natural law. It is a social illusion created by people who wish to avoid the pain of consequence. Nature operates on cause and effect, not comfort. A storm does not pause for equality. Gravity does not check whether the fall was fair. The universe is perfectly just in one sense only: every action brings a reaction. Fairness, however, is not justice. It is an emotional ideal built by those who want consequence without cost.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast2 months ago in Humans
DJ Black GH Called Me a "Typical, Angry, Black American Woman!" :Unpacking Ghana The MAGA of Africa
BY. T.B. Obwoge Monday 1 December 2025 I have long been talking about how horribly rude, racist and colorist Ghanaians can be. However I'm not making more videos about their hatred and getting a lot of death threats too.
By IwriteMywrongs2 months ago in Humans
Why Highway Stops Feel Harsher
I have taught law-enforcement classes since 1987. In classrooms and ride-alongs, a pattern kept showing up in story after story. Drivers say highway patrol feels brusque, sheriffs’ deputies feel more human, and city police land somewhere in the middle. The truth isn’t personality. It is structure. Change the mission, the boss, and the metric, and you change the roadside script.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin | Ink Profiler2 months ago in Humans
Quality VS Quantity
Quantity vs. Quality In a world that constantly tells us to want more—more success, more money, more followers, more everything—it’s easy to forget that “more” doesn’t always mean “better.” We live in a culture obsessed with accumulation, but rarely do we pause to ask: What is the value of what we’re accumulating?
By Holisticwithh22 months ago in Humans
The Sunk Cost Trap: Are You Willing to Buy Back Your Freedom?
The Past is a Sunk Cost; The Future is a Controllable Asset. The older generation often imparts this wisdom: "If you board the wrong train, you should get off at the nearest station. The later you disembark, the higher the cost of the return journey."
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing2 months ago in Humans
The Scrutiny of Ordinary Women
There is a strange shift happening in public spaces that most professionals have avoided naming because everyone seems afraid to speak plainly. Regular women—the ones who do not treat cosmetics as daily armor or make their clothing choices a performance—are now being scanned as if they are something other than women. Many of them are being silently classified as trans or gay before a single word leaves their mouth. This judgment arrives in split-second glances, pacing, and the quiet hesitation of strangers trying to decide what category they think they are looking at.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin | Ink Profiler2 months ago in Humans
