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The Death of Friday Night: How Digital Midnight Rewrote Social Life …

Friday night used to be sacred. It was the time when the week finally exhaled, when people put work and school aside and threw themselves…

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The Death of Friday Night: How Digital Midnight Rewrote Social Life …

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“We’re Not Gonna Live Forever”: Mortality, Meaning, and the Wisdom of Sophia and Rose in The Golden…

This essay is a reaction to my essay series on The Golden Girls, looking backwards on them, after spending a full week editing. They were…

3d ago

“We’re Not Gonna Live Forever”: Mortality, Meaning, and the Wisdom of Sophia and Rose in The Golden…

3d ago

The Golden Girls and the Representation of Male Vulnerability: What It Taught Me About Being a Man…

Growing up, I never saw many examples of men being emotionally open. That just wasn’t how things worked — not in Altoona, not in…

4d ago

The Golden Girls and the Representation of Male Vulnerability: What It Taught Me About Being a Man…

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The Golden Girls in the Time of COVID-19: Finding Solace, Connection, and Meaning in Isolation.

When the world shut down in 2020, grief became universal. Loss was everywhere — some of it obvious, like the staggering death tolls, the…

4d ago

The Golden Girls in the Time of COVID-19: Finding Solace, Connection, and Meaning in Isolation.

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Laughter as a Coping Mechanism: The Golden Girls and the Healing Power of Humor in PTSD and Grief …

Grief and trauma change a person. They rewire the brain, reshape identity, and leave an imprint that can feel impossible to escape. Anyone…

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Laughter as a Coping Mechanism: The Golden Girls and the Healing Power of Humor in PTSD and Grief …

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Grief, Loss, and Moving Forward: The Golden Girls as a Blueprint for Navigating Life’s Goodbyes …

Grief doesn’t just arrive when someone dies. It shows up when relationships unravel, when your identity shifts, when the life you expected…

6d ago

Grief, Loss, and Moving Forward: The Golden Girls as a Blueprint for Navigating Life’s Goodbyes …

6d ago

The Golden Girls and the Psychology of Found Family: A Model for Overcoming Abandonment …

There’s a certain expectation that family is supposed to be permanent. That no matter what happens, no matter the distance, the fractures…

6d ago

The Golden Girls and the Psychology of Found Family: A Model for Overcoming Abandonment …

6d ago

Lessons in Aging: How The Golden Girls Shaped My Perspective on Growing Older with Purpose …

During COVID 19, I drafted five essays about my own personal history as a grown man who had a life-long secret obsession with The Golden…

Mar 5

Lessons in Aging: How The Golden Girls Shaped My Perspective on Growing Older with Purpose …

Mar 5

The Bechdel Test Cross that Miami Vice has to bear going into the future.

You might get offended reading this article, so I’m going to ask you to wait till you read to the very end and consider what was said…

May 24, 2020

The Bechdel Test Cross that Miami Vice has to bear going into the future.

May 24, 2020

Miami Vice: Quality Content vs. Mindless Entertainment.

Mindless entertainment as a descriptor is pretty harsh, but this is a two sided conversation I often have with my wife when she puts on a…

May 7, 2020

Miami Vice: Quality Content vs. Mindless Entertainment.

May 7, 2020

Steffan Piper

Steffan Piper

Got a face not spoiled by beauty. Best Selling Author. Dad. Husband. Veteran. Student. Practice Kindness. No Stars - Just Ocean.

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