Marie’s Blog
Watching Vice Principals With Eyes Open: Humor, Harm, and Racial Blind Spots
Vice Principals is sharply written and deeply uncomfortable—but not always in the way satire should be. It flirts with critique but often lets harmful dynamics slide under the guise of edgy comedy.
What Humanism Offers When Religion No Longer Fits
Humanism isn’t a cold replacement for faith—it’s a grounded, compassionate framework that invites you to build meaning, ethics, and connection from your own humanity.
What Moana Really Teaches Us About Obedience, Ancestors, and Selfhood
Moana is often hailed as empowering, but beneath the surface, her story reveals a troubling dynamic—one of inherited duty, spiritual control, and the erasure of personal agency.
How I Stopped Fearing the Abyss and Started Listening to It
For decades, I feared the shapeless void inside me—until I realized it was part of being human. This is how I stopped resisting it and started learning from it.
How Politeness Is Made: The Psychology, Power, and Performance Beneath the Surface
Politeness isn’t just about being nice—it’s a strategic tool shaped by psychology, social conditioning, and cultural expectations. Here’s what’s really going on beneath the surface.
Reclaiming the Self: A Psychological Profile After Deconstruction
This is a structured reflection of who I’ve become after years of deconstructing religious frameworks, surviving trauma, and rebuilding my identity from the ground up. What emerged surprised me: not a broken person—but a fiercely thoughtful one with deep emotional intelligence under construction.
What “Trauma-Informed” Really Means—and What It Doesn’t
Being trauma-informed doesn’t mean someone understands your personal history—it usually just means they’re using general principles designed to reduce harm. Here's how to tell the difference and why it matters.
Learning to Feel: Reclaiming Emotions After Spiritual Mistranslation
For years, I thought I didn’t have emotions—only divine messages. Now I’m learning that what I called God was often just me, feeling things I never had the words for.
How the World Was Filtered: What I Missed Growing Up Evangelical
I used to think I was the only one who didn’t believe in the “man in the sky.” Now I see I was one of many whose view of the world was filtered through religion—cut off from how the world really works. This is what I wish I’d known about politics, media, money, education, and more.
Rediscovering Art, Emotion, and Comedy Beyond Celebrity Culture
This piece explores how celebrity culture obscures the emotional roots of art and humor, and what it means to see performers as emotional vessels rather than just public personas.