It has been a rough week. A week that has forced me to think a lot about family, the bonds we build and the comfort we provide each other. It was also a week of tremendous social upheaval in Ferguson, MO. Already the conversations about Ferguson on Facebook and Twitter were giving me anxiety as … Continue reading Processing #igotthetalk While in Mourning
Author: aarongoggans
Dear Uncle Buddy Boy
Dear Buddy Boy,I’m sorry it’s been so long since we talked. I was angry the last time we talked, just like I’m angry now. I was mad that you asked me to leave. I was mad that you thought it would make me a man. I was mad that you didn’t always believe me. I … Continue reading Dear Uncle Buddy Boy
The Truth About Gender Based Violence
Elliot Rodger terrifies me. It’s not that I’m afraid that some kid like him will attack me or, worse, someone I love. I don’t think Men’s Rights advocates are going to join with the NRA to declare open season on women. What scares me about Elliot Rodgers -- what makes my whole body clinch into … Continue reading The Truth About Gender Based Violence
#TBT I Say Falling
In between seconds, as the river rushed closer, illogically slow, the accountant counted. He counted his heartbeats, he counted the number of nights spent on the couch where he avoided the wife he no longer loved and, remembering his mother, he counted the hairs on her head after the chemo: one. He counted like he … Continue reading #TBT I Say Falling
Everything You Need To Know About Gaza
There are thousands of gifs of Palestinian children laying dead in crying mothers arms. There are hundreds of stories of bat mitzvahs blown apart by suicide bombers. There are “in-depth” articles dissecting the lives of the families of those suicide bombers/martyrs/murderers. There are lists promising to tell you about the 10 things you … Continue reading Everything You Need To Know About Gaza
Acoustic Discourse On Violence
Here is my latest audio art piece "Acoustic Discourse On Violence." The piece explores a working logic of non-violent action that is complicated by visceral reactions to fear of the unknown, shame at our moral complicity and responses to aggression. I have been contemplating taking a vow of non-violence and compassion for some time now. … Continue reading Acoustic Discourse On Violence
The Rob Wohl Story
For those of you not in the know, Rob Wohl is my dear friend, running buddy, roommate and straight man. He is The Man Of Many Meetings. The Vanguard Of White Liberal Guilt. The Protector Of Semi-Relevant Leftist Ideologies. A K-Pop Scholar and much more. Here is a list of the titles for the many … Continue reading The Rob Wohl Story
#TBT 2007’s Fermentation of Truth
In honor of Throw Back Thursday, which is now I thing I guess, I present to you a poem that celebrates the beauty of language and revels in the ways words form in our mouths and in our minds. Fermentation of Truth Muse Let me roll down like water Cascading on barren minds Deserts … Continue reading #TBT 2007’s Fermentation of Truth
I Reject Your Bourgeoisie Notions and Other Potential Titles For My Memoir
1.My life in the Smaller Yet Still Impressively Vast Left Wing Conspiracy 2. The New New Negro 3. Blacker Than Obama 4. The Blackest Man Around—Why All My Friends Are White 5. The Unbearable Boughieness of Being 6. Vegan Straightedge in the Era of Beer and Bacon 7. Vegan Straightedge [and other things I’ve tried … Continue reading I Reject Your Bourgeoisie Notions and Other Potential Titles For My Memoir
Dear Modern Day Feminists with Successful Professional Careers
[***disclaminer this satire...well...its funny and not meant to be taken seriously....unless you want to go on a date with me...then it's kinda serious....***] Dear modern day feminist with successful professional careers, I know dating is very difficult for you. You’re beautiful, intelligent and driven which means you have high standards and precious little free … Continue reading Dear Modern Day Feminists with Successful Professional Careers
The Well Examined Life 