Cheryl Strayed’s “Wild” Cheryl Strayed’s auto-biography Wild is a painfully honest account of how she processed the death of her mother and confronted her own shattered sense of self. Using her remarkable solo hike on the Pacific Coast Trail (PCT) as the central image, she confronts her fears, loss and short-comings with a relentlessly detailed and direct manner. ...

Ice Friday: Michel Foucault’s “The Use of Pleasure” What one must aim for in the struggle to control the desires was the condition of “ethical virility” according to the model of “social virility”. In the use of male pleasures, one had to be virile with regard to oneself, just as one was masculine in one’s social role. In the full meaning of the world, moderation was a man’s virtue. Read full Article here : http://mcphedranbadside.com/ice-friday-michel-foucaults-the-use-o...

Aqaara Scene: “Sex to Avoid Death” The crowd was larger, people up both walkways, chants and holograms everywhere. A bright orange drone floated above, slowly coming down. “Hello, how are you doing?” It was the man from the Hive, now dressed and atop a glider, floating behind the drone. ...

Built in 1921, the Cunard Building stands at 25 Broadway, above Bowling Green, at the foot of Manhattan. Read Full Blog Here : http://mcphedranbadside.com/overlooked-new-york-the-cunard-building/

Nine Tips for Your Writing Process I am deep into this blog now (eight years and 1,250 posts) and so this is as good a time as any try to finally hit that nail on the head. What is this blog? Why am I doing this? My writing process. That’s what it is! And so, at long last, I will offer my nine bits. ONE: Find your process, whatever that is. Figure that out. Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond Series, wrote every morning and then went for a swim. Woody Allen writes longhand. I text myse...