Pocket Lint

"I've seen like kids express themselves and they just want to cry, and someone will say 'use your words'. But what if they want to cry because we were given that form of expression." - Kanye West      Appearing as the first guest in Alo Yoga's Mind Full podcast, Kanye spoke on the importance of emotional expression. Not everything needs to be expressed through words. Whether pent up emotions be ephemeral or inescapable, we all as humans possess them; yearning to release long carried emotions is only human.        "Be a man" or "You're a man" or any other variation of this masculine propaganda is something most males grew up with hearing. I remember the pressure to conform to this more traditional identity in hopes of protecting and caring for my two sisters. Unfortunately, as heroic as it may sound, following it is society's ruin of male expression. As a result, I've seen so many men who simply cannot comprehend and explain thei...

 "No matter how far a man may piss, the last few drops will always land at his feet."      It's clear that in your average society, people with disabilities are often not seen as equal. Whether or not that means people shaming them as "something else" or if they aren't acknowledged at all, this social stigma doesn't help anyone. Disabled or not, we are all humans.      We all require food and water. This simple rule that applies to every human should be enough to know we are all in the same boat. Despite growing up in vastly different scenarios, the one fact stays true; we are all human. Our lives are filled with daily tasks, activities, and responsibilities, which all might not be so easy to complete for someone with a disability. Of course, everyday limitations differ depending on what kind of disability a person has.      But, looking past that and understanding where we stand next to people with disabilities is most important, becaus...