The time has come. I’ve had enough. I’m drawing a line in the sand.

So here’s my hot take on the state of the world today, based on actual lived experience, not assumptions, not algorithms, and not whatever is trending this week. The world didn’t suddenly and mysteriously become worse. It just got louder when everyone was handed access to an unfiltered megaphone. I occupy a strange middle ground. I lived in the world before the internet, and I lived through its explosive rise. News and conversations were largely local. What I knew about the r

Social media has become a constant in my daily life for various reasons. With it comes a steady flood of narratives, stories that claim to define me in ways I don’t recognize and never agreed to. The versions of myself being sold to me are false. So I’m here to set the record straight about who I am and what I’ve actually experienced in my life. The narratives being pushed try to shove me into a prepackaged box. I am expected to adopt specific grievances, subscribe to approve