Wil Wheaton – Medium

May 5

Welcome home, Wesley Crusher

From the moment Star Trek Picard was announced, people asked me if Wesley Crusher would make an appearance. Until August of last year, I told the truth when I said that I would love to do that, but had no idea if it would actually happen. …

Wesley Crusher

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Apr 22

why are brains?

Me last night: Okay, it’s 10pm. I have to get up at 5am. Time for bed. My brain at midnight: Just waking you up so you can look at the clock and confirm you have not overslept. Me: Thanks, bae. My brain at 2am: Just waking you up so you…

Humor

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Mar 22

Being a child thrust into the limelight and swarmed by media and fans is traumatic. Talking about the trauma and starting a conversation is the first step to changing things for futur…

From Emma Watson to Britney: Here’s the devastating truth behind being a child star

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Kat Morris

I appreciate you saying this so much.

I appreciate you saying this so much. I just ... it really means a lot to me to have my experiences validated and seen.

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I appreciate you saying this so much. I just ... it really means a lot to me to have my experiences validated and seen.

Mar 22

…d the Goblet of Fire was released, fans online were creating countdowns to her eighteenth birthday. Millie Bobbie Brown, from Stranger Things, is another child star who’s undergone the same treatment, being dressed by stylists to look much older than she is, and in 2018 was involved in controversy after revealing details about her friendship with Drake, who was her “BFF” and “gave her advice about boys.”

From Emma Watson to Britney: Here’s the devastating truth behind being a child star

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Kat Morris

Drake's grooming of young, vulnerable women is well documented.

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Drake's grooming of young, vulnerable women is well documented.

Mar 18

Mediocre White Men Are So. Fucking. Fragile.

So I’m in Facebook jail again. Because of fragile white men. Again. Wednesday, I posted this: And OF COURSE some mediocre white dude had to tell me why I’m wrong for enjoying these tacos. It was such a stupid thing, it was more amusing than anything else. We all had…

White Privilege

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Mediocre White Men Are So. Fucking. Fragile.

Jan 6

on the one year anniversary of Trump’s failed coup

January 6 is going to be one of those Never Forget days for me, for a long time. Maybe for the rest of my life. One year ago today, a violent mob of domestic terrorists, inspired and commanded by an impeached fascist who lost a free and fair election, overran…

Trump

6 min read

Nov 5, 2021

be the person you need(ed) in your life

I got a couple of those Facebook Memories today that I’m glad I wrote. I’m grateful I saw them this morning, and I want to share them. November 5, 2018 I wrote this yesterday on my tumblr thing. …

Kindness

12 min read

Oct 17, 2021

sweet and tender hooligan

This isn’t the sort of thing I typically publish on Medium. This is something I publish on my blog. But, because I think there’s some number of you who have chosen to follow me here, and not there, I’m breaking my own rules. This has gotten incredible, positive, “holy crap…

Music

11 min read

Oct 8, 2021

i’m a good actor. growing up, the best acting i ever did wasn’t on the set.

TRIGGER WARNING: ABUSE I read this post on Tumblr, and it spoke to my lived experience in a loud and familiar voice. …

Child Abuse

6 min read

Oct 5, 2021

Jesus of Nazareth and White Evangelical Fragility

Last week, I came across an image that sparked a reflection on a lot of the trauma I experienced as a child. It’s trauma that lingers in my life, and it’s trauma that I discovered a whole lot of other people share. Well, I posted about my trauma and how…

American Christianity

5 min read

Jesus of Nazareth and White Evangelical Fragility