Just Call Me Frank: Our Endeavour at Being Frank

We are one, We are many, We are Just Call Me Frank. Candid, adjudicating, philosophy wielding, life journaling, mental health advocating, writing and art therapy enthusiasts, lovers of learning; adventurers with a finger on all the buttons. Writing to survive and thrive.

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  • Triggered: A Short Story of Anxiety
2012
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  • My Pixie Blog
  • No, Seriously, You Probably Shouldn't Read This
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    Welcome To Our Poetic Life - 2012

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♦ "Highlights" ♦

  • Picking Up The Chips - Mental Health Month 2014
  • A Message To Your Diagnosis
  • The 'D' in Dissociation
  • Associating with Dissociation
  • Personality Vs. Dissociative Disorders
  • Treating and Healing Dissociative Identity Disorder
  • America The Anxious, America The Paranoid
  • An American EBT (Food Stamp) Narrative...
  • A Story of Worth
  • "Bad Words" like "Mainstream Media"
  • Critical Reflections on When Science Meets Religion (2014)
  • Critical Reflections on Why Truth Matters (2014)
  • Doing Freedom Right, Our 9/11 Post
  • Fact: It Is Not Illegal to Falsify News or Lie
  • From Lab To Field, And On Your Knees (2012)
  • Going The Distance: An Internet Love Story...For Valentine's Day.
  • Growth and Change: An Artistic Standpoint
  • Guns, Guns, Guns...and Freedom
  • In Defense Of A Fair Living Wage: An Essay (2013)
  • On American Exceptionalism
  • On A Platform Of Understanding
  • On Being Certain: A Critical Reflection In Four Parts (2014)
  • On The Topic Of Same-Sex Marriage
  • Patriotism and Religion in Persisting Social Stratification: The Evolution of Knowledge: An Essay (2013)
  • Political Debate: The Sins Of Another
  • Religion, You Say? We Have A View On That.
  • Respecting Religion? We Have A View On That
  • Rhetorical Moves and Devices In Writing: An Essay (2013)
  • The New Discrimination: Because Freedom Is Only For Straight People (2014)
  • Worshipping at the Flagpole of a False Idol
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Open A Book, Open Your Mind: Reading Recommendations

  • Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic by Wann, de Graaf, Naylor
  • Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side to the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
  • Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
  • The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What People Learn by Mary Roach
  • The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make A Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
  • You Just Don't Understand: Men and Women in Conversation by Deborah Tannen
  • Impossible Vacation by Spalding Gray
  • ♡ The Glass Castle A Memoir by Jeannette Walls

Reading Wishlist

The World According to Monsanto: Pollution, Corruption, and the Control of the World's Food Supply
The World According to Monsanto: Pollution, Corruption, and the Control of the World's Food Supply
by Marie-Monique Robin
Why Sh*t Happens: The Science of a Really Bad Day
Why Sh*t Happens: The Science of a Really Bad Day
by Peter J. Bentley
Why Progressive Institutions are Unsustainable
Why Progressive Institutions are Unsustainable
by Richard A. Epstein
The Whole Death Catalog: A Lively Guide to the Bitter End
The Whole Death Catalog: A Lively Guide to the Bitter End
by Harold Schechter
We Thought You Would Be Prettier: True Tales of the Dorkiest Girl Alive
We Thought You Would Be Prettier: True Tales of the Dorkiest Girl Alive
by Laurie Notaro
Virtually You: The Dangerous Powers of the E-Personality
Virtually You: The Dangerous Powers of the E-Personality
by Elias Aboujaoude
Virtual Words: Language on the Edge of Science and Technology
Virtual Words: Language on the Edge of Science and Technology
by Jonathon Keats
Verbatim: From the bawdy to the sublime, the best writing on language for word lovers, grammar mavens, and armchair linguists
Verbatim: From the bawdy to the sublime, the best writing on language for word lovers, grammar mavens, and armchair linguists
by Erin McKean

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