• The experience of men at the fertility clinic is a dehumanising.
• Given the nature of what the process is trying to accomplish, this is challenging to deal with.
• However, as well as being emotional, the IVF / ICSI process is both funny and absurd.
• Providing a sperm sample is the best example of this.
• Being a man in a fertility clinic is a depressing experience, but when we focus on the reasons, we overcome this.

Read the full article (4 min read)

• In 2016, the former lead singer of Pantera, Phil Anselmo, was filmed giving a white power salute on stage.
• Pantera were once one of the biggest metal bands in the world, and one of the author's favourites.
• Heavy metal gives a space for expression, feelings of violence, and alienated teenagers to belong.
• However, the industry and fans can be complicit in racist ideologies if the messages of those bands are not questioned.
• When we look back at our past, we have a choice in how we want to see things.

Read the full article (~12 min read)

• Throwing away certain objects from our youth can be hard.
• For instance, the license plates from our first car.
• They can remind us of relationships with our parents.
• First cars also often remind us of independence and freedom.
• But we sometimes forget how bad those cars were.
• Nostalgia can be a useful process, but only if we remember the reality, the experience and the hope we had.

Read the full article (7 min read)