Dr. Mozelle Martin
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Behavioral analyst and investigative writer examining how people, institutions, and narratives behave under pressure—and what remains when systems fail.
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The Great Cheese Takeover:
This article is biased—and I’m fine with that. I do not like cheese. Not in casseroles, not on sandwiches, and not melted over anything pretending to be healthy. I even order my pizza without it, which most people consider a culinary crime. I also don’t love cooking, even though I’m good at it. For me, it’s not joy—it’s pressure. The kitchen feels like a performance space where precision meets anxiety. My mother, a chef-level cook, thrived there; I definitely don’t. About twice a year, though, I feel a strange urge to create something. That’s why I follow a handful of cooks on Facebook. Sadly, unless they’re baking sweets—which don’t tempt me at all—the excitement dies the moment cheese appears. It smothers the color, the texture, the intention.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin3 months ago in Feast
Nine Lives Are a Myth:
The saying that cats have nine lives was never meant as comfort. It was a myth born from observation—how they fall, land, hide, and survive when they shouldn’t. But survival is not the same as life, and the average feral or stray cat doesn’t make it past 4 years. Their bodies endure what their environment demands: hunger, infection, fear, and the steady corrosion of stress. The myth of resilience has become a moral anesthetic. It keeps us from seeing the suffering we created.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin3 months ago in Petlife
When “Convenience” Costs You Twice
The first red flag is always confusion. A man walks into a city office to pay for his vehicle tags, does what he has been told is “responsible,” uses his debit card, and notices an extra charge. Another neighbor sees a fee stacked on a utility bill. A donor is asked to “help cover processing costs” for an online charity gift. A restaurant adds a small percentage at the bottom of the ticket if a card is used.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin3 months ago in Trader
Feeding Families on Nothing:
Across neighborhood platforms like Nextdoor, people are quietly admitting they can’t afford groceries. Some are skipping meals so their children can eat. Others are stretching a single can of soup across two dinners. It’s heartbreaking—but it’s not new.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin3 months ago in Feast
Teeth, Truth, and Tradeoffs:
Dentures are not one thing. They are a set of tradeoffs between stability, bone biology, and how much daily hassle you can tolerate. If you want to keep eating steak without feeling like you’re wrestling your own mouth, you need clarity on three very different categories that get lumped under the same word.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin3 months ago in Education
The Smell They Pretend Not to Notice:
The Familiar Smell of Other People’s Choices If you grew up with chain-smoking parents like I did, you know that smell. It lived in your hair, your clothes, and the upholstery of your entire house. The odds were high that I’d become a smoker too—but I never did. Not because of that smell, but because of something I saw in fourth grade.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin3 months ago in Psyche
Tiger Cubs:
When a person reaches through the bars of a cage to touch a tiger cub, two nervous systems make contact: one wild, one wounded. The cub doesn’t understand commerce or cruelty—it just feels overstimulation, fear, and the absence of safety. The human on the other side, however, has learned to stop feeling entirely.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin3 months ago in Humans
When Christian Blood Stops Trending:
Nigeria is still the place where Christians die in batches. Night attacks in Plateau, Benue, Kaduna, Taraba. Villages hit in sequence. Churches burned. Men killed first. Women and children running in the dark. Gunmen on motorcycles or in pickups firing into homes and then vanishing before state forces arrive.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin3 months ago in History
1,800 Stray Dogs Got Their Freedom Back
There’s a mountain ridge in Heredia Province, Costa Rica, where you don’t hear silence—you hear 1,800 heartbeats moving through grass. The place is called Territorio de Zaguates, or Land of the Strays. It’s a 378-acre farm turned sanctuary founded by Lya Battle and Álvaro Saumet, and it operates on a principle that should embarrass most modern nations: no cages, no euthanasia, no excuses.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin3 months ago in Petlife
