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 out for their current...
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 beams of soft sunlight...
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 with photos of family...
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 a magical book, podcast...
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 others. In psychology, gaslighting...
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 consuming of educational materials...
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 to recharge after a...
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 to her side of...
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 to both care for...
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 – and all of its...
