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  • Can you forget everything you’ve ever learned?

    Can you forget everything you’ve ever learned?

    March 17, 2026

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    Why you might want to

  • What If…?

    What If…?

    March 14, 2026

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    A poetic reflection on the human purpose

  • Shifting paradigms requires mindset changes at every level because…

    Shifting paradigms requires mindset changes at every level because…

    March 6, 2026

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    How You Do One Thing Is How You Do Everything

  • We didn’t start the fire. But we’re burning down the house.

    We didn’t start the fire. But we’re burning down the house.

    February 27, 2026

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    From Billy Joel to Talking Heads to Old Sam

  • New Paradigms Offer Alternate Milestones

    New Paradigms Offer Alternate Milestones

    February 20, 2026

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    What happens when a new moon, solar eclipse, and Chinese New Year (Year of the Fire Horse) follow on the heels of Saturn entering Aries?

  • The Winter of My Birth

    The Winter of My Birth

    February 6, 2026

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    In the year I’ve chosen to mark passage of time by season rather than calendar, I find the season of my birth has remarkable parallels to the present.

  • Escape the Patriarchy: 1984–2024 and Beyond

    Escape the Patriarchy: 1984–2024 and Beyond

    January 30, 2026

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    In light of recent political and social developments in the United States, I offer this think piece I published in April 2022. I’ve added an update at the end to bring the message to current events in 2026. —SL

  • Patriarchy Escape Route

    Patriarchy Escape Route

    January 25, 2026

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    Every paradigm is a container. A system based on values and beliefs. Outgrowing a container is a biological certainty.

  • Escape the Patriarchy Challenge

    Escape the Patriarchy Challenge

    January 10, 2026

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    Are you ready to ditch social media, billionaire-owned platforms, and patriarchal institutions that control access to what you want?

  • Why create a challenge?

    Why create a challenge?

    January 2, 2026

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    In practice, the patriarchy has become an agent of oppression, discrimination, and polarity. There is no fixing it. It needs to be replaced. So, I’m done with a system that cannot self-correct. I’m walking away.

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