Life's Fiction
Starring Roles
You're the star of your own show, and playing the starring role would seem natural, but not all of us are raised to believe we can be heroes, making our Causa-sui and heroism projects far more perplexing than clear. Living in your own private Hollywood turns life into a movie filled with great accomplishments or terrible disappointments.
This Celebrity Paradox arises when a movie or television star has their career referenced or appears as themselves in a fictional work, creating a paradox for the audience where the actor takes on the role of a fictional character or version of themselves. This paradox extends beyond the screen into the lives of celebrities branding and publicizing as they play the staring role in the versions of themselves needed to maintain the image, thus dividing the person into many roles that risk inauthenticity, even to themselves.
Art, Money, Obscenely Unattractive Truths
Terry Trueman
5 Minute Or Less Read Time
Life's not a movie, but even if it was, winning an Oscar is only as important as the siginificance you assign it.
The League of Extraordinary Trust Fund Beneficiaries
Vincent Triola
6 Minute Or Less Read Time
What happens when five rich young adults decide to use their trust funds to change the world? Find out in the Trust Fund Beneficiaries League, a comedy series that follows their hilarious and heartwarming attempts to combat travel deficiency, racism, and other bad things.
The Beatles as Mind & Spirit
Terry Trueman
14 Minute Or Less Read Time
The Beatles impacted the world in many ways, revolutionizing the music industry, creating a new genre, merging elements of rock ‘n’ roll, pop and R&B, but most of they altered our minds & spirits. The Beatles musical innovations inspired new styles and sounds, but most importantly, their influence on the mind and spirit endures.
The BEATLES & Me: A Lifelong Love Story
Terry Trueman
9 Minute Or Less Read Time
How the Beatles influenced an author's life with lyrics that continue to inspire critical and creative thinking to solve social problems,ly and make decisions based on facts and truth, rather than being swayed by emotions or a desire for comfort.
My Virtual Love, Kore Goddess, Porno Pal
Terry Trueman
3 Minute Or Less Read Time
Be the star of your own fiction just by being nude. The making of social media pornstars by the men too old to understand the significance of #metoo.
I hated Wesley Crusher, but Wil Wheaton is Cool
Vincent Triola
6 Minute Or Less Read Time
Wil Wheaton played Wesley Crusher on Star Trek Enterprise, a character that led a near perfect life while the Wheaton struggled with abuse and gaslighting. In this article, the author shows why Wesley Crusher was unlikable for himself and for many others who experienced the same abuse that Wil Wheaton hid from public view.
Right Wing Pigeons From Outer Space ~ Still Here Destroying the Human Race
Vincent Triola
10 Minute Or Less Read Time
The Eighties punk rock scene formed from a cultural identity of anger, disenfranchisement, and rebellion, but also provided much prophecy for those who listened. In a society that politically leaned more to the right, punk rockers shined the spotlight and gave the starring role to marginalized groups by attacking Republicans (The Right Wing Pigeons) and laying the foundation for a more inclusive and diverse music scene by defying traditional genre boundaries.
