dystopian politics 
It’s Not Left vs. Right — It’s Democracy vs. Dictatorship
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dystopian Gen X politics punk 
We Didn’t Grow Up on Punk Rock to Bow to Fascists
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dystopian politics 
Checkmate: On Kirk, MAGA, and the Wrong Side of History
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dystopian life politics 
Where Are the Superheroes When We Need Them?
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dystopian politics punk rants 
Smash The Patriarchy!
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dystopian politics rants 
Abortion: Take Back Our Power
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classic alternative dystopian gothic industrial Mixtape music 
Industrial is Dystopian Goth Music
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life relationships 

Fifty Ridges of Klingon – My not so secret lust for Star Trek

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    Thank you, Gene Roddenberry, for creating the Star Trek universe and the Klingon race.   Before I met my ex-husband, I was never really into Star Trek; I had watched the movies along with The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine shows on TV, but I was far from considering myself a Trekkie. To me, Trekkies were the stereotypical ugly basement dwelling geeks. Shortly after I had met my ex, he revealed to me just how much of a geek he was – he informed me that he…

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life musings on the fly relationships 

Distraction: Let Go or be Dragged

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  I am very distracted today.   I cannot seem to focus on my writing that I came here to work on – all I want to do is sit here and people watch in this coffeehouse that has become my home every Saturday. From the cute little college alterna-chicks in their funky outfits to the group of men bicyclists that just walked in, dressed in their tight-in-all-the-right-places biker shorts. It’s a cacophony of visual and aural delights.   Yes indeed, today is all about distraction from my writing projects.…

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The Dating Rat Race

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  Doesn’t anyone date anymore?   I am on the brink of turning 42 years old and have been divorced for over a year and a half now. Since rejoining the dating scene, I’ve come to believe that technology has dumbed us down when it comes to dating. Between online personals, email, chat programs, apps and texting, it’s become a fast and furious rat race in getting to know someone. Technology might have made life easier, but it has made love harder to find. The act of courting a woman seems…

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