The Denial File
What We Can't Think About—and Why
If Tattoos Could Talk: fangs, gangs, and the pangs of youth
Kirby Farrell | October 29, 2013
Humans have been tattooing skin, filing teeth, and spiked with ornaments since prehistoric times: sometimes to stand out, sometimes to blend into a group. The …
“You Should Die”: Bullying, ambivalence, and the tyranny of expectations
Kirby Farrell | October 10, 2013
The idea of “ambivalence” is out of favor. People confuse it with “ambiguity” or “equivocation.” In an earlier essay here, I offered a theory of …