Linguistics, anthropology, religion, cutlure, and the human mind.

I lift weights, tweet things & chase eggs round fields. Also a housing professional, occasional blogger.

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Founder w/ 2 exits, early Facebook employee, earlier Reddit Product Manager, angel investor, son of a Hospice Chaplain, and Dad who lives by the Golden Rule.

I'm an AuDHD writer and mother of teens, but sometimes I feel like I live on a planet of my own. I'm learning to embrace my neurodivergent self.

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PhD. Cultural strategist. I break down race, power & media with real psychological receipts. Author of The Book of Blackness. Stix Figures founder.