# stories tell (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover stories tell. Page: Feed: --- ## [Communism. The New Boogeyman on the block.](https://iambossi.substack.com/p/communism-the-new-boogeyman-on-the) _2026-08-21 · Bossi · Be Bossi: Notes on Art, Rage and Becoming_ Lesson 49: Why It’s Important ## [Lesson 49: How To Respond When Everything is Communism Now](https://iambossi.substack.com/p/lesson-49-how-to-respond-when-everything) _2026-08-20 · Bossi · Be Bossi: Notes on Art, Rage and Becoming_ Transcript and Bossi's Finishing School Video ## [Sisterhood of the Traveling Pounds](https://thickmeup.substack.com/p/sisterhood-of-the-traveling-pounds) _2026-08-17 · Laura Darby · Thick Me Up_ When did supporting each other start to mean enabling disordered eating? ## [Belonging at Work](https://dorothysuskind.substack.com/p/belonging-at-work) _2026-08-12 · Dorothy Suskind, Ph.D. · Re-VISION_ Characteristics of Culture that Build Connection and What it Feels Like to be Cast Out of the Fold ## [Lesson 48: How To Respond When RFK's Brain Worm Goes on CNN](https://iambossi.substack.com/p/lesson-48-how-to-respond-when-rfks) _2026-08-12 · Bossi · Be Bossi: Notes on Art, Rage and Becoming_ And Why It's Important ## [First, Do No Harm](https://thickmeup.substack.com/p/first-do-no-harm) _2026-08-11 · Laura Darby · Thick Me Up_ Holding the medical community accountable for their fatphobia ## [We need another freezer](https://wildernesstimes.substack.com/p/food-bank-freezer) _2026-08-11 · Bri-anne Swan · Wilderness Times — Presented by Broadview_ If we keep getting better at feeding hungry people, will anyone fix why they’re hungry? ## [Lesson 47: What To Say When The Government Wants More Pregnant Teens](https://iambossi.substack.com/p/lesson-47-what-to-say-when-the-government) _2026-08-06 · Bossi · Be Bossi: Notes on Art, Rage and Becoming_ And Why It's Important ## [When does Disordered Eating Become an Eating Disorder?](https://thickmeup.substack.com/p/when-does-disordered-eating-become) _2026-08-02 · Laura Darby · Thick Me Up_ Is it anorexia if everyone is doing it? ## [Lesson 46: What To Say When JD Vance Tries to PR-Spin the Epstein Files](https://iambossi.substack.com/p/lesson-46-what-to-say-when-jd-vance) _2026-07-30 · Bossi · Be Bossi: Notes on Art, Rage and Becoming_ And Why It's Important ## [Follow Releases, Get Reminders (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/CJ3T5MO9vHxL) _2026-07-30 · **Sponsored**_ Follow a genre or a name and receive reminders on release day — free. ## [WARNING: Side Effects May Vary](https://thickmeup.substack.com/p/warning-side-effects-may-vary) _2026-07-30 · Laura Darby · Thick Me Up_ Your body is not a policy violation. But the ads targeting it should be. ## [Please don't punch the fascists](https://wildernesstimes.substack.com/p/champlain-dominion-society) _2026-07-28 · Bri-anne Swan · Wilderness Times — Presented by Broadview_ Violence may feel like resistance. Too often, it gives authoritarian movements exactly the story they need. ## [The Perfect Beach Body](https://thickmeup.substack.com/p/the-perfect-beach-body) _2026-07-26 · Laura Darby · Thick Me Up_ Chasing a Perfection-Shaped Dragon ## [Lesson 45: What To Say When Fox News Turns Sexual Violence Into A Punchline](https://iambossi.substack.com/p/lesson-45-what-to-say-when-fox-news) _2026-07-23 · Bossi · Be Bossi: Notes on Art, Rage and Becoming_ And Why It's Important ## [If Fat Could Kill](https://thickmeup.substack.com/p/if-fat-could-kill) _2026-07-23 · Laura Darby · Thick Me Up_ Is fatphobia really just about vanity? ## [Eating the Goalposts: How Diets Make You Fat](https://thickmeup.substack.com/p/eating-the-goalposts-how-diets-make) _2026-07-19 · Laura Darby · Thick Me Up_ Restriction, rebound, and the cycle that keeps us heavier ## [Lesson 44: What To Say When Fox News Says You're Too Educated](https://iambossi.substack.com/p/lesson-44-what-to-say-when-fox-news) _2026-07-16 · Bossi · Be Bossi: Notes on Art, Rage and Becoming_ And Why It's Important ## [The Flattering Fallacy](https://thickmeup.substack.com/p/the-flattering-fallacy) _2026-07-15 · Laura Darby · Thick Me Up_ Compliment or compliance? ## [The Gospel of Quiet Quitting](https://wildernesstimes.substack.com/p/the-gospel-of-quiet-quitting) _2026-07-14 · Bri-anne Swan · Wilderness Times — Presented by Broadview_ The Parable of the Banquet and refusing the play the game ## [Is Being Fat Unhealthy?](https://thickmeup.substack.com/p/the-healthy-fat) _2026-07-11 · Laura Darby · Thick Me Up_ The Obesity Paradox and How Science is Killing Us ## [Follow Releases, Get Reminders (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Cz1p4SwNsbG0) _2026-07-11 · **Sponsored**_ Follow a genre or a name and receive reminders on release day — free. ## [Lesson 43 Class Notes: The Stories We Tell About Abortion](https://iambossi.substack.com/p/class-notes-l41-the-stories-we-tell) _2026-07-10 · Bossi · Be Bossi: Notes on Art, Rage and Becoming_ When "protecting life" becomes "controlling women." ## [Lesson 43: What To Say When A Pastor Defends Burning Women At The Stake](https://iambossi.substack.com/p/lesson-42-what-to-say-when-a-pastor) _2026-07-09 · Bossi · Be Bossi: Notes on Art, Rage and Becoming_ And Why It's Important ## [The Fat Straw Man](https://thickmeup.substack.com/p/the-fat-straw-man) _2026-07-08 · Laura Darby · Thick Me Up_ It's time to stop arguing against a monster that doesn't exist ## [Lesson 42: When Women Say Women Shouldn't Vote](https://iambossi.substack.com/p/lesson-43-when-women-say-women-shouldnt) _2026-07-02 · Bossi · Be Bossi: Notes on Art, Rage and Becoming_ And Why It's Important ## [Obedience Has A Marketing Department](https://iambossi.substack.com/p/obedience-has-a-marketing-department) _2026-06-30 · Bossi · Be Bossi: Notes on Art, Rage and Becoming_ On “Run Baby Run,” rage, survival, and the machinery that teaches women to shrink. ## [The Four Seasons problem](https://wildernesstimes.substack.com/p/ontario-prisons-ford) _2026-06-30 · Bri-anne Swan · Wilderness Times — Presented by Broadview_ More thoughts about neighbours and the difference between punishment and public safety ## [Class Notes: They Say the Future Is Bright](https://iambossi.substack.com/p/class-notes-they-say-the-future-is) _2026-06-26 · Bossi · Be Bossi: Notes on Art, Rage and Becoming_ What Lesson 40 and 41 have in common and the questions I'm still asking. ## [The Liturgy of Apology](https://wildernesstimes.substack.com/p/the-liturgy-of-apology) _2026-06-16 · Bri-anne Swan · Wilderness Times — Presented by Broadview_ In a culture fluent in non-apologies, the church may have something harder and holier to offer. ## [The state killed a man on behalf of the people. Almost none of the people came.](https://wildernesstimes.substack.com/p/edward-busby-execution) _2026-06-02 · Bri-anne Swan · Wilderness Times — Presented by Broadview_ Some messy thoughts after attending Texas' 600th execution. ## [When my neighbour feels like my enemy](https://wildernesstimes.substack.com/p/love-neighbour-enemy) _2026-05-19 · Bri-anne Swan · Wilderness Times — Presented by Broadview_ A reflection on boundaries, safety, and the inconvenient expanse of love ## [PixelRift — Platforming with Level Editor (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/LB8MrB6Ue1gB) _2026-05-19 · **Sponsored**_ Includes a built-in level editor, campaign with elemental heroes, and boss encounters. ## [Borrowing Bonhoeffer](https://wildernesstimes.substack.com/p/borrowing-bonhoeffer) _2026-05-05 · Bri-anne Swan · Wilderness Times — Presented by Broadview_ The cost of discipleship when everybody wants Dietrich over for tea ## [Imagine telling the pope how to pope](https://wildernesstimes.substack.com/p/imagine-telling-the-pope-how-to-pope) _2026-04-21 · Bri-anne Swan · Wilderness Times — Presented by Broadview_ The audacity of JD Vance and the question of who gets to invoke God, and for what purpose ## [We need Easter in a crucifixion world](https://wildernesstimes.substack.com/p/easter-crucifixion-hegseth) _2026-04-05 · Bri-anne Swan · Wilderness Times — Presented by Broadview_ Why resurrection matters while so many crosses still stand ## [Hitting the Rocks When Rocking the Boat](https://dorothysuskind.substack.com/p/hitting-the-rocks-when-rocking-the) _2026-03-27 · Dorothy Suskind, Ph.D. · Re-VISION_ The Cost of Speaking Up at Work ## [On Re-Thinking Being Good](https://dorothysuskind.substack.com/p/on-re-thinking-being-good) _2026-03-22 · Dorothy Suskind, Ph.D. · Re-VISION_ As young girls, we lunge and leap into each day’s offerings until that afternoon when we are scolded for our boldness and directed to the corner to play with dolls. ## [The Pain of Unbelonging: Why Workplace Bullying Hurts](https://dorothysuskind.substack.com/p/the-pain-of-unbelonging-why-workplace) _2025-11-07 · Dorothy Suskind, Ph.D. · Re-VISION_ When bullying severs one’s belonging at work, the pain is intense and prolonged, activating the same parts of the brain as physical injury (Williams, 2001). ## [Disruptive Change Agents: Lessons in Innovation](https://dorothysuskind.substack.com/p/disruptive-change-agents-lessons) _2025-10-09 · Dorothy Suskind, Ph.D. · Re-VISION_ How principled Disruptors Transform Organizations ## [Telling Your Story Well](https://dorothysuskind.substack.com/p/telling-your-story-well) _2025-05-30 · Dorothy Suskind, Ph.D. · Re-VISION_ The Surprising Link Between Narrative and Emotional Health ## [The Power of Story: How the Stories We Tell Shape Our Lives](https://dorothysuskind.substack.com/p/the-power-of-story-how-the-stories) _2024-09-25 · Dorothy Suskind, Ph.D. · Re-VISION_ The stories we tell ourselves are a reflection of our inner lives, mirroring how we experience the world and define our identity.