humanity

For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.

Wild!
Have you ever been on a safari? Well? Not me! When thinking about a safari, images of leopards, rhinoceros elephants, and lions come to mind. In fact, my closest encounter with a safari came when the Dallas Zoo's Giants of the Savanna opened years ago.
By Babs Iverson5 years ago in Humans
On Black Sheep and Beauty
In our lives we are painted many colors. These colors are never our choice, as we rarely get to choose how we are perceived by the world around us.
By Rissa Weller5 years ago in Humans
"Mentorship:The ability to handover your shortcomings to idiots"
"MENTORSHIP: THE ABILITY TO HANDOVER YOUR SHORT COMING’S TO IDIOTS" The act of mentoring has developed in all levels of human endeavor, it is stipulated by the experts to be trillion dollar industry and bound to grow even higher. In government level, school levels, business levels, professional level, terrorism level, ponzi level etc.
By Philip Ebuluofor5 years ago in Humans
Sullen Surly Sully
Randal Park was a talented young football player, starter on varsity since the end of his freshman season. The boy was broad and strong. The players on the team said he was corn fed making him so massive at a young age. Randal worked hard in the gym, lifting with most of the upperclassmen on the team. The fourteen year-old had the second highest bench press of all the players. He was an awesome left offensive tackle and nose guard.
By Cam Rascoe5 years ago in Humans
People of Appalachia, Precarity, and the Perpetual Pandemic.
This pandemic, as with any other in history, has been a substantial one, regarding how the future unfolds. We live in a time more technologically, sustainably, and sociologically advanced time than any other decade in history. A source from the New York Times illustrated this best when they wrote for the Economist “Only the World Wars have rivalled COVID-19 for news coverage” (Times 2020). This, at least in the beginning, gave me great comfort. Science has never been more advanced, Social media is now a thing, and we possessed the ability to stay informed to stay safe. That is at least what I thought going into this. For my article I have decided to focus on the facts of unequal privilege presented during the pandemic through socio-economic status and statistics. As well as the psychological and sociological impact that the pandemic has had or will have. I have created questionnaires and distributed them via e-mail and via facsimile to create a local data pool for that which is to follow. I asked for a few responses and was fortunate enough to receive a slew of responses from all pertinent age groups, socio-economic levels, Industry positions, and socially constructed races that are most dominant within the American region of Appalachia.
By Stanli McCallum5 years ago in Humans
This story is not about Covid
This story isn’t about covid though it happened during this stolen time. It is one about being human....circumstances of which have been both violently argued over + brought to the forefront of awareness for change in differing forms over the course of this strange unyielding portal
By April Barosky5 years ago in Humans
Face in the Fog
Heavy smoke from the artillery fire and burning buildings has left only little windows of clear space to aim my camera through and snap pictures. My ears have long ago given up any attempt to hear anything over the pounding thud of the battle. I move through the streets half blind from the smoke and mostly deaf from the explosive guns looking for pictures to take. I want to bring Chechnya back to the world. I have fourteen roles of film already. Three more to go and then I can leave this dangerous place forever.
By Steve B Howard5 years ago in Humans
Lily and Lyle
If there is one thing I know I am not, it is full of shit, so I'm not going to lie to y'all. Early March, when rumors of the pandemic started stirring, I was not worried about it. When they locked down Chicago, I was OK with it. Look, I moved out of my house when I was 15 years old. I had a baby by the time I was 17 and at 18, I moved across the country with no one but my baby and his dad. And by 21, I moved back to raise my son. You want to talk social distancing, quarantine, have a baby at 17 and commit to raising it. I was made for this.
By Lily Be5 years ago in Humans
Abolishing Modern Slavery
A few days ago, I posted a story about how the lives of John Quincy Adams and Abraham Lincoln intersected. Former President Adams exemplified a strong fervor to abolish slavery and Lincoln embraced Adams' dream. Under the Lincoln Administration in 1865, slavery was abolished. And though Adams died 20 years before his dream materialized, Adams' believed in his heart of hearts that one day, no man would own another.
By Bryan R..5 years ago in Humans
Imagine How It Feels To Be Black Or Brown In A White Country
Perhaps it is hard for some of us to comprehend my point; for others can be more manageable. But if you look inside yourself, you will indeed find something poignant in you that society disapproves of. What I refer to here are not the shallow things but things deep inside you that define who you are.
By Dr Mehmet Yildiz5 years ago in Humans
YOUNG AND ANXIOUS
Your first kiss. The first occasion when you celebrated the entire evening and got back at 5 am. Your first day at school. Your first tragedy. The primary excursion with companions. The main rent understanding. Your first check. Your first taste of grown-up life.
By Aryan Pandey5 years ago in Humans
Freedom in Following
Connection. Two fingers of my right hand link with two fingers of the left hand of my partner. Together, we create a frame, within which are infinite artistic possibilities.
By Jessica Freeborn5 years ago in Humans