Archive - Kai Blackwood

What Happens if I Don’t Say Anything at All For a While?

Confronting the woman in the mirror

Jul 17 •

The Cult of Humanity: Why Narcissism, Tribalism, and Cults Are the Norm, Not the Exception

I didn’t always see societal systems as clearly as I do now.

Jul 7 •

Downloadable Souls: On Cults, Social Media, and the Loss of Self

There is a particular kind of hunger that isn’t felt right away.

Jul 1 •

June 2025

Escaping the Black Hole of Wanting

A Neurodivergent Meditation on Performed Identity and the Return to Self

Jun 28 •

The Big Beautiful Lie

When Healthcare Becomes a Weapon of Eugenics

Jun 22 •

What autism reveals about the world we're expected to accept

Jun 14 •

Unraveling the Chains

Love, loss, and what we quietly pass on

Jun 12 •

A Midlife Reckoning

On Discovering What You Really Want

Jun 11 •

You Never Noticed the Stairs Until Someone Got a Ramp

On privilege, visibility, and why entitlement, not labels, is the problem

Jun 9 •

So Famous in My World

What meeting my musical hero taught me about identity and masking

Jun 7 •

The Girl at the End of the Driveway

Finding the truth beneath a 30-year ache

Jun 5 •

I Think About You Every Day

A Letter to Everyone I Haven’t Called Back

Jun 4 •

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