My thoughts after reading “The Sociological Imagination. Chapter One: The Promise”, by C. Wright Mills (1959). Many of society’s issues seem to be set up, largely influenced by people lacking sociological imagination. Greed. Xenophobia. Racism. Sexism. Homophobia. Transphobia. Classism. They set up a society in which only a few individuals can thrive above mere subsistence…
This was the day after leaving what was the most toxic place I have ever worked in my life. I fondly refer to that day as the day I got my life back. One of the few good things about that employer was it got me out of Syracuse and back to New York City. It’s…