fact or fiction
Is it a fact or is it merely fiction? Fact or Fiction explores relationship myths and truths to get your head out of the clouds and back into romantic reality.
New Horizons in a strange land
The first few nights in New York City were louder than anything I had ever known. Sirens wailed endlessly, car horns screamed, and the hum of a million lives moving together felt suffocating. Back home, my family’s small town had been quiet, predictable, safe. Here, everything was bright, fast, and unfamiliar.
By Muhammad Kashif 4 months ago in Humans
When the Muse Becomes a Cage: How Creatives Fall Into Addiction
At first, it feels like devotion — a writer chasing midnight inspiration, a painter sipping “just one more cup” to keep the vision alive. But behind that devotion, a quieter story unfolds: addiction disguised as art.
By Leigh Cala-or4 months ago in Humans
Incentivized Abandonment
Marriage was once a covenant that joined two lives in responsibility and perseverance. It required sacrifice from both, patience from both, and accountability from both. Today, marriage has been redefined by culture and rewritten by law. The covenant has been reduced to a contract, and the contract now rewards abandonment more than endurance. People no longer ask what it takes to stay. They ask what they can gain by leaving.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast4 months ago in Humans
Taught to Expect, Not to Honor
Modern society has trained women to expect everything and to honor nothing. They are raised to know what they want but not to know what they owe. They are told to list their standards but never to build the strength required to meet someone else’s. The result is a generation fluent in demands but illiterate in duty. Love cannot survive when one side learns only to expect while the other learns only to give.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast4 months ago in Humans
The One-Way Street of Modern Love
Modern relationships were supposed to be built on equality, but what we call equality has become one-sided. Men are taught to give, to serve, to protect, and to love unconditionally. Women are taught to expect those things and to measure a man’s worth by how perfectly he provides them. Men are conditioned to earn love. Women are conditioned to receive it. The result is not partnership but imbalance—a one-way street where the traffic of sacrifice flows in only one direction.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast4 months ago in Humans
The Psychology of Fandom: Understanding Why Humans Attach Themselves to Imaginary Worlds
Introduction Fandoms have existed as long as stories. From campfire legends to serialized fiction in the 19th century, humans have never failed to become immersed in pretend worlds. Today, fandoms include all forms of media: books, films, television shows, computer games, comic books, and even virtual reality worlds. They are far more than being fond of them—they shape identity, build community, and fuel imagination.
By The Chaos Cabinet4 months ago in Humans
Not Quite How Dad Planned It . Top Story - November 2025.
MAPS I HOLD ON TO *** I think I would like to start over, I believe that I made some wrong turns. Stuck in these messed up adventures of my life, seems to tell me I still got so much to learn. Things you're certain that you'd never forget, begin to fade like an old pair of jeans. I guess I neglected to remember to care for the map that you instilled in me.
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden4 months ago in Humans
Trump Security Clearance Suspension: The Perkins Coie Connection
When the Trump administration was in power, one of the biggest talking points was always security: who had access to classified information and who didn’t. From the White House to the intelligence community, security clearances became a powerful tool for control, loyalty, and political drama.
By Muhammad Okasha4 months ago in Humans
