No man who does not actively choose to work to change and challenge patriarchy escapes its impact. The most passive, kind, quiet man can come to violence if the seeds of patriarchal thinking have been embedded in his psyche. Much … Continue reading Guy Talk: The Will to Change 3: Working against How We Were Indoctrinated
(once again, I thought this was a great example of a very memorable night thread from way back when — Lylith) Tonight we celebrate one of AVCAD’s favorite films, the recent blockbuster “Dad’s Army.” While the haters over on the … Continue reading AVCAD:AD: Dad’s Army (The Night Thread is another rerun)
(I did not write this but I find it an incredibly fascinating time capsule of five years ago– Lylith) Hulk Hogan is gonna see Gawker, not at Summer Slam, but in court! You better believe, it brother! He’s suing … Continue reading AVCAD: After Dark: Dark Shadows (4/5 Night Thread is an old rerun)
Hello and welcome to the second of a bit of an experimental series. Here, we’ll be going through Bell Hooks’ book “The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity and Love” as a way of prompting conversations about maleness. I don’t want … Continue reading Guy Talk: The Will to Change 2: Patriarchy and Growing Up with Anger
Hello and welcome to a bit of an experimental series. Starting today, every other installment of guy talk (about once a month) we’ll be going through Bell Hooks’ book “The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity and Love” as a way … Continue reading Guy Talk 2-15-21: The Will to Change 1 -Emotional Freedom
Remember that this is a trans-inclusive space, and that everyone is welcome to comment. Hey everyone. Been doing some thinking about what it means to grow up as a boy and Lilburne graciously gave me the opportunity to share some … Continue reading Guy Talk: 18th January 2021: The Boy Code
Because I’ve always loved Star Trek, I’ve always been interested in Star Trek’s vision of future history — the chronology of the events that got us from where we are now to where they are. This really isn’t true just … Continue reading Night Thread of the Future (9/1/2020)
Welcome to the Spoonie Thread, a place for all your rants, ravings, and tales of medical woe. What’s a spoonie? It’s a person living with a chronic illness or disability. Spoon Theory is an explanation of how chronic health problems affect one’s … Continue reading Limited Spoons in a time of crisis
GREETING Brothers and sisters and all other beloveds, we come together the Palm Sunday for our final meditation on Moral Orel, a stop motion animated show originally broadcast on Adult Swim from 2005 through 2008. Now there is some controversy … Continue reading Sunday Morning Orel: Season 3b (the final episodes)
CW: talk of sexual abuse GREETING Welcome and welcome back, dearly beloved. If anyone is here for the first time, please raise your hand so the rest of you can turn around and stare you. Thank you. Today we will … Continue reading Sunday Morning Orel: season 3a (episodes 31-34) THIS IS THE ONE WITH THAT REALLY DEPRESSING EPISODE
GREETING Welcome and welcome back, dearly beloved. If anyone is here for the first time, please raise your hand so the rest of you can turn around and stare you. Thank you. Today we will be continuing our Lent season … Continue reading Sunday Morning Orel: Season 2c (episodes 26-30) THIS IS THE ONE WITH THE HUNTING TRIP EPISODE
It’s the beginning of Spring 2020, and for most of us it is likely to be the weirdest spring of our entire lives. Things are not normal and it’s hard to say when they will be again. I don’t know … Continue reading The First Weekend of Spring Phone-tography Challenge
CW: TALK OF CHILD ABUSE GREETING Welcome and welcome back, dearly beloved. If anyone is here for the first time, please raise your hand so the rest of you can turn around and stare you. Thank you. Today we will … Continue reading Sunday Morning Orel: Season 2b (episodes 21-25) THIS IS THE ONE WITH THE CREEPY ICE CREAM GUY
GREETING Welcome and welcome back, dearly beloved. If anyone is here for the first time, please raise your hand so the rest of you can turn around and stare you. Thank you. Today we will be continuing our Lent season … Continue reading Sunday Morning Orel: Season 2A (episodes 11-20)
Brothers and sisters and all other beloveds, we come together during this most holy season of Lent to celebrate and meditate on one of the most insightful and dark critiques of twentieth century America ever bestowed upon us: the magnificent … Continue reading Sunday Morning Orel: Season 1 (episodes 1-10)
(a sales pitch to people who have never been able to get into the show) Happy Sunday Morning! Back when I was a church going tyke, my church would always do a special series of sermons for the Lent season. … Continue reading Where to Start with Moral Orel – in Only One Hour!
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Hi! In celebration of the anniversary of these episodes, this is a one time addition to the Batman Beyond reviews AWP started in the long ago. All episodes are available on DC UNIVERSE. Since I know this is really out … Continue reading Batman Beyond: S01E11/E12: “Disappearing Inque” and “A Touch of Curare”
“I have heard it said, that, when any strange, supernatural, and necromantic adventure has occurred to a human being, that being, however desirous he may be to conceal the same, feels at certain periods torn up as it were by … Continue reading The Night Thread of Christmas Ghost Stories from The Keepsake (12/18/2019)
Today, December 6th, is a day that went down in history. That’s right. Today is the day that something momentous happened in 1991. The last Original Series Star Trek Movie was released. People had been afraid Star Trek V … Continue reading The Undiscovered Day Thread (12/6/2019)
Hey Avocados, We are so sorry to report that it appears our fellow Avocado Ack_Ack has passed away. We have a link to a Facebook profile which is set to memorial mode and which seems to be his based on … Continue reading R.I.P. Ack_Ack
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