Painful color spectrum

Spoonies are people with chronic illness. What is a chronic illness? It's a persistent condition; simplified it means getting sick and never being able to get better. The term/label was coined after the Spoon Theory by Christine Miserandino to help explain what chronic illness is like to people who don't have it. Not everyone with … Continue reading Painful color spectrum

Timely review of Gattaca

Gattaca is set in the vague near future. You have this guy who was conceived naturally, named Vincent, who is sort of chronically ill because he is a 99% chance to develop heart disease with a life expectancy of 30 and because of that he's discriminated against and can't get employment. Vincent uses the black … Continue reading Timely review of Gattaca

Menhera and me

More and more I'm seeing people mention the new street fashion in Japan called Menhera which is ridiculous because it's been around for a long time. It started around the same time as emo was taking off in the West, the beginning of the century, but at that time it had more to do with … Continue reading Menhera and me