An Ordinary Disaster

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Staying sane with research notes, citations, end notes, and a real bibliography
Using Scrivener, a good pencil, Zotero, and Obsidian together as a system
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Bowen Dwelle
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It's Not a Struggle to Find Good Male Role Models
And, it’s time we got our heads screwed on straight about the ”patriarchy.”
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Bowen Dwelle
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Why I No Longer Cringe at Being Called a "Kitesurfer"
...and how I've gotten to be OK with playing outdoors
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Bowen Dwelle
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We Need Wild Fathers
We don’t need fathers to keep quiet. We need them to speak up, and to be more themselves than ever. We need them to be caring, but less careful.
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Bowen Dwelle
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Let’s kill 'content,' and reclaim "growth", OK?
And, this is the house where they're giving out full MFA's
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Bowen Dwelle
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E13 / Coming Out and Letting Go with Chris Ryan
Stopping drinking alcohol, suffering from a lack of trauma, facing the fire of coming out, choosing not to have children, the constancy of grief, and…
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Chris Ryan
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Bowen Dwelle
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1:22:59
An Ordinary Disaster in 2024
Prepare yourself, create options—or just walk.
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Bowen Dwelle
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Sex is Better Sober ...and 23 other reasons why Alcohol is Obsolete
From depression and alcohol to spontaneous sobriety
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Bowen Dwelle
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Six Men Writing about Fatherhood
A group exploration of a topic core to every man's experience, whether or not they have children of their own.
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Bowen Dwelle
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Lyle McKeany
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Michael Mohr
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Latham Turner
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Dee Rambeau
, and 
Joshua Doležal
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Against Recovery
Recovery still carries a lot of cultural weight, but to me it's a ghost river, pouring dust.
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Bowen Dwelle
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We'd all do well to "grow a spiritual pair"
Bowen Dwelle in conversation with Michael Mohr
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Michael Mohr
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Bowen Dwelle
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I almost became an AI sex slave
My brief deep dive into AI porn addiction
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Bowen Dwelle
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