Toxic positivity Posts

WEAPONIZED POSITIVITY  Have you ever had a so-called friend... FIRE you?Have you ever been abandoned because your grief was 'too heavy' for their 'capacity'? Or because your collection of Grindcore CDs was deemed an indication of y…

What if everything you were taught about your emotions was a lie?What if pain wasn’t a problem to be fixed?What if feeling deeply wasn’t a weakness — but a form of truth the world desperately needs?For decades, we’ve been sol…

Control – as both an aspiration, obligation and contributor to lonelinessIn this post, we’re unpacking more core values embedded in Western capitalism, as part of the wider project of exposing what lies behind our loneliness. To remind…

Hi. My name is Jordan, and I have a severe allergy to self-help gurus. I am not here to tell you to love yourself or think positively. I know that doesn’t work—because I spent decades grappling with that excruciating, bone-deep lonelines…