Emily Articulated: Canceled
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
So-called “cancel culture” is a term that has entered the mainstream conversation with increasing frequency over the years, as people and organizations have been called …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
So-called “cancel culture” is a term that has entered the mainstream conversation with increasing frequency over the years, as people and organizations have been called …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
The porch boards creaked beneath the curve of my rocking chair, chiming in with the tunes and chirps of birds greeting a new day. Long …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
1. You open your device, check the wifi connection and scroll to find your preferred social media account. Upon its selection, your screen is flooded …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
When things get hard to process in the real world, I often escape to fantasy worlds for respite, coming out on the other side of …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
Gaslighting is a subtle, yet powerful series of rhetorical tactics used by people in order to dominate, control and create doubt in the minds of …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
The death of George Floyd and the resulting Black Lives Matter demonstrations across the country has prompted me to engage in a great seeking and …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
I’ve always considered myself an equal mix of introvert and extrovert — feeling both comfortable and energized by social interactions, while needing adequate alone time …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
Act One, Scene One: The Bedroom, Sandpoint, Idaho. Dawn.
Emily, a late-20s working-from-home writer, is sleeping in bed. She has wrestled all of the covers …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
I recognize that I have it made during this time of quarantine, especially in comparison to many who aren’t so fortunate. I don’t have children …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
Of the many things supposed about the repercussions of this time in our lives, one idea that particularly struck me is that this virus – …
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