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Edward Robson, PhD, MFA
Edward Robson, PhD, MFA

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A Bit About Me

My name is Ed. I’m pleased to meet you. — It’s been just past a year now since I started posting articles on Medium, so I guess it’s time I introduced myself. …

About Me

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A Bit About Me
A Bit About Me
About Me

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ILLUMINATION-Curated

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Christianity is Not an Option

Let me tell you why. — It was not an easy thing to turn my back on Christianity at nearly 60 years of age. Since my childhood, church had been the hub of social life for me. Prayer had started every meal, and Christian ritual had solemnized the sacred moments and transition points of life. …

Christianity

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Christianity is Not an Option
Christianity is Not an Option
Christianity

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A Bringer of New Things

A Master of Fine Arts at 69 — How dull it is to pause, to make an end, To rust unburnish’d, not to shine in use! As tho’ to breathe were life! Life piled on life Were all too little, and of one to me Little remains: but every hour is saved From that eternal silence, something more, A bringer of new things …

Aging

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A Bringer of New Things
A Bringer of New Things
Aging

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ILLUMINATION-Curated

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What Kind of Man Turns Down a Willing Woman?

The Other Side of Consent — A comment on one of my recent articles caught my attention. A young man expressed appreciation for my advice about letting friendship grow before deciding whether to explore a sexual connection. The problem was, he said, sometimes women he went out with were ready for sex before he was. Now…

Dating

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What Kind of Man Turns Down a Willing Woman?
What Kind of Man Turns Down a Willing Woman?
Dating

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MuddyUm

·Jun 26

Drone Wars

In just a few more years, we men are gonna have a real sweet deal in life — Female bees are workers, taking care of business for the hive. Males are drones, whose only purpose is to fertilize the queen’s eggs. I think they’re onto something. To guys who worry about women giving up on dating, AI taking all our jobs, and wokeness spoiling everything that makes male…

Satire

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Drone Wars
Drone Wars
Satire

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New Choices

·Updated Nov 10, 2022

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Emergency Room

But I digress. — Got to bed late Wednesday night. Stayed up into Thursday morning with a trending Netflix movie, The School for Good and Evil. Not the biggest mistake I made last week, but I don’t recommend it.* *First digression: Like the Earth, this show could be described as “mostly harmless.” Visually charming…

Heart Attack

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Emergency Room
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Emergency Room
Heart Attack

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·Updated Nov 8, 2022

Truth Gets Voted Off the Island

What will replace it? — The exodus has been alarming to observe. The reality of life on Planet Earth falls well short of idyllic, I will grant, with the twin threats looming of environmental and societal collapse. Still, most of us aren’t ready to give up on it. Our blue-blue spaceboat has its charms. For one, we Earthlings have a thing called…

Culture

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Truth Gets Voted Off the Island
Truth Gets Voted Off the Island
Culture

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Jul 18, 2022

5 Things You Need to Understand about Bipolar Disorder

It isn’t just about the ups and downs — During the final decade of my 30-year career in clinical psychology, I specialized in differential psychodiagnostics, teasing out the clues distinguishing one disorder from another. …

Bipolar Disorder

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5 Things You Need to Understand about Bipolar Disorder
5 Things You Need to Understand about Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder

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MuddyUm

·Jul 4, 2022

Just Let Them Vote Republican if That’s What Makes Them Happy

Bless their tiny little hearts — Look, I get it. Lives are on the line. We’re on the brink of seeing our democracy devolve into the theocratic monarchy of Trump. Everyone who isn’t White, cis-het, US-born, able-bodied, Christian, and (above all) rich is watching their once constitutionally-protected rights circle the drain, and red habits with white…

Politics

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Just Let Them Vote Republican if That’s What Makes Them Happy
Just Let Them Vote Republican if That’s What Makes Them Happy
Politics

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Pollinate Magazine

·Apr 28, 2022

Doing It for Love

How do you define professional? — The patrons of the arts in evening dress arrive downtown at six so they can park and dine at leisure, then just walk across the street to take their seats by curtain time. The soloist, a prodigy from Prague, plays brilliantly, and with the orchestra reminds them why they still come out to hear a live…

Poetry

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Doing It for Love
Doing It for Love
Poetry

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Edward Robson, PhD, MFA

Edward Robson, PhD, MFA

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Former psychologist, wordsmith, teacher, learner. Top writer in feminism, relationships, poetry, and other topics. ECRobson@gmail.com

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