Social Justice
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#OurStoryIsOne — Three Poems for Women
It’s June 18, 2023. It’s my birthday. Thirty eight years ago on this day, I was birthed into this physical world. Just two years before that, on this very day in 1983, 10 courageous Bahá’í women in Iran were executed for their beliefs — that women and men are inherently equal, that children have a…
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Embracing My Anger
I’ve always been “the nice guy.” I hold doors for people, I return shopping carts to where they need to go, I return money when I’m given too much change, I point out if I’m not charged enough for what I’m buying, I don’t curse, and whenever possible/reasonable, I’ll try to sacrifice my comfort for the sake of…
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Father and Son 2: A Poetic Sequel for the #MeToo Era
After writing the first Father and Son poem, I got some great feedback from friends and soon realized I still had more to say. Thus, Father and Son 2 was born. In the first poem, the father takes his time to reply and try to show his son a beautiful way to live his life. It’s kind…
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Time for Men to Unite Against a Common Enemy
Men! Dudes! Bros! Countrymen! Dude-Bros! Bro…dudes… Tired of women having to tell you how they’re “feeling” all the time? Sick of being told that your comments hurt someone’s “feelings?” Done having to be PC because people’s “feelings” are being offended? Are you constantly putting the word “feelings” in air quotes because you just can’t even?…
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Father and Son: A Poem for the #MeToo Era
First of all, I don’t like calling it a “MeToo Era,” because it feels like I’m saying that it’s a brand new thing that suddenly’s been happening. Like men haven’t been the perpetrators of horrific sexual crimes for thousands of years. But I couldn’t think of a better title for this post, so here we…
Munib Rezaie, PhD 