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The Observer's Chair
'The Observer's Chair Discovering the REAL you! was written by Dave Blanchard. This is a small, short book for coaches that could also be used by many kinds of therapists too. Welcome to the world of creating new habits of learning and working in your many various fields of choice. Mainly, this is a book that gives you a chance to see yourself in and from a different perspective. You will learn to observe yourself and the decisions that you have made, and see what and how you are progressing in working and living and also will increase your self-awareness.
By Mark Graham9 months ago in Critique
Immigration Policy
Australians are now living an average of a decade longer than we were just ten years ago, with women benefiting the most from this increase in life expectancy, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' report, Life Expectancy. While this is a remarkable achievement and something we often celebrate, it comes with a sobering reality: our standard of living has significantly declined. Although we may be living longer, many are living lives far poorer than they had envisioned - something the media rarely addresses openly.
By Narghiza Ergashova9 months ago in Critique
Europe’s Amnesia: How the West Remembers What It Wants, and Forgets What It Must
Europe has mastered the art of remembrance — just not for everyone. Across cities like Berlin, Paris, and Amsterdam, you’ll find meticulously maintained Holocaust memorials, plaques marking Nazi crimes, and museums dedicated to "Never Again." And rightly so. The horrors of fascism deserve eternal remembrance.
By David Thusi9 months ago in Critique
Signed and Resigned
I just need enough to be solvent, but that may be hard without rescinding this letter and sacrificing my sanity To those reading my resignation while casually pushing policies that are supposed to impact our work culture, but they never do, I hope you find this letter. I seriously hope that after finding this letter you read it too.
By Narghiza Ergashova9 months ago in Critique
Do you call Sex Love?
I've heard many poets and musicians refer to sex as love. I've heard many doctors and scientists call sex other words such as coitus, mating, sperm donations, copulation, intercourse, and some others. Do you call love sex? Or are you like me? I call sex sex, and love love. If you are like me and prefer to keep a term simple and comprehendable, then you may be interested in my list of vices that fall under the sexual conversation. The reason people like me do not call sex "love" is because of our experience in the six sexual vices which include: Danger, Jealousy, Disgust, Guilt, and Remorse. I will attempt to describe these vices with examples of horrible living circumstances that are quite painful to an individual so that the poets and musicians who wish to comprehend why some of us do not like calling love sex feel this way.
By Shanon Angermeyer Norman9 months ago in Critique
The Invention of Whiteness: How Race Was Manufactured to Divide and Rule
When we talk about race, it often feels like we’re speaking about something ancient and immutable. But the truth is more unsettling: race, especially the category of “whiteness,” is a modern invention — designed not by biology, but by power.
By David Thusi9 months ago in Critique
Shasha and the Leopard King
Note: This is for my children's picture book. That's why it's very short. It is also unedited. The Forest smelled like frosted Scones from a bakery, sweet and buttery. Shasha could see the oozing cotton candy smelling from each tree's branches, forming a rain puddle around them. As Shasha walks through the forest, she heard something.
By Angel Aguilar9 months ago in Critique
Truth, Theft, and the Courage to Remember: Reclaiming Our Stolen Histories
History, we are told, is about facts. Dates. Kings. Wars. Inventions. But the question I keep returning to is: Whose facts? Whose kings? Whose inventions? I didn’t grow up asking that question. I accepted the timeline I was taught — the one that began in Ancient Greece, skipped to Rome, fast-forwarded to the Enlightenment, then marched triumphantly into the Industrial Revolution. I was told this was progress. That this was civilization. But something always felt off.
By David Thusi9 months ago in Critique
“Why Did the Burqa Controversy Among Afghan Women Go Viral in 2025?”
Afghanistan 2025: A Nation's Women Behind the Veil and Bars In a haunting image that has gone viral on social media, an Afghan woman clad in a full blue burqa grips iron bars from behind a window, her face hidden behind the mesh of her veil. The caption reads simply: "2025." This single image, shared by user @loniee_07, has stirred international emotion and sparked a renewed wave of outrage over the ongoing oppression of women in Afghanistan. But this is more than a picture—it is a visual outcry, a symbol of a nation where being a woman is equated with being a prisoner in one’s own home and body.
By Farhan Rafid10 months ago in Critique
"The Hair Flip Heard Around the World: How a Viral Gesture Stunned Trump and Disrespected Arab and Islamic Values"
The Viral Hair Flip That Stunned Trump: A Cultural Misstep with Negative Implications for Arab Countries and Islam In the digital age, where a single gesture can ignite international debates and stir emotions across continents, a viral hair flip has become the latest example of how global perceptions can be shaped in moments. What seemed like a trivial flick of hair in a high-profile setting involving former U.S. President Donald Trump quickly spiraled into a symbolic controversy—one that exposed the fragility of cultural respect, highlighted Western ignorance toward Islamic and Arab values, and ultimately left many in the Arab world and Muslim communities feeling disrespected and misrepresented.
By Farhan Rafid10 months ago in Critique
Shush the noise.
Shush the noise. I sit here, quite happy, listening to next door powerwashing his garden. My husband upstairs steam cleaning the bathroom floor. In between, when the noise quietens, the bird singing proudly. It’s summer. The sun shines, my heart’s filled with gratitude and love. I am here and alive.
By George’s Girl 2026 10 months ago in Critique
