Stephen Measure @stephenmeasure@mastodon.xyz
Author of unconventional satires and strange stories.
"The Competition to Define the Words 'Man' and 'Woman'"
Why would we prioritize an unprovable definition over a provable one?
http://www.stephenmeasure.com/essays/2019/08/24/the-competition-to-define-the-words-man-and-woman/
"Unwanted Proof"
A miraculous invention. Proof, real proof, of gender identity. But then the invention is destroyed and the inventor's assistant murdered.
Who would kill to keep gender identity unprovable?
http://www.stephenmeasure.com/news/2019/07/13/unwanted-proof/
The Religious Evangelism of the Rainbow Flag
Those who display the rainbow flag are advocating in favor of two progressive religious beliefs.
http://www.stephenmeasure.com/essays/2019/06/15/the-religious-evangelism-of-the-rainbow-flag/
All 'The Wrong Sort of Stories' Short Stories Released as Individual Stories
https://www.stephenmeasure.com/news/2019/02/06/twsos-stories-released-as-individual-stories/
It's Depressing ...
There is more than one way to view the circumstances of our lives, more than one way to think about ourselves; and the narrative we choose to believe about ourselves has a powerful impact on how we will navigate life's circumstances. That's why it's so depressing when a fellow believer chooses to identify as "gay". The declaration itself is technically ambiguous (Are they talking about attraction, or are they talking about action? There is an ...
https://www.stephenmeasure.com/thoughts/2018/12/27/its-depressing/
"The Planner's Utopia"
The planner zealously maintains absolute equality amongst the citizens under his control. But when a free woman invades his warehouse paradise, he must act decisively before she ruins everything.
"It’s better for all to have none than for some to have more."
A short dark satire.
https://www.stephenmeasure.com/news/2018/11/08/the-planners-utopia/
New covers for two of my favorites:
"Gender Identity and the Invisible Pasta God"
Kale, a wannabe pickup artist, attends a Pastafarian meetup to mock the religious and hopefully hook up with his sufficiently-hot co-worker Jezzie. But when a peg-legged Pastafarian Minister shows up in pirate garb and leads them all to the school board meeting next door where a debate about bathroom policies is underway, it becomes obvious that those who arrogantly claim to be non-religious actually have a religion ...
https://www.stephenmeasure.com/news/2018/08/22/gender-identity-and-the-invisible-pasta-god/
"Gender Identity Is a Religious Belief That I Don't Believe In"
https://www.stephenmeasure.com/essays/2018/08/21/gender-identity-is-a-religious-belief/
"How to Decrease Divisiveness and Increase Civility in Our Society"
https://www.stephenmeasure.com/essays/2018/07/23/how-to-decrease-divisiveness-and-increase-civility/
Am I the monster you see when you look at me through the lens of your progressive politics?
https://www.stephenmeasure.com/news/2018/02/13/what-our-helmets-let-us-see/
Your inability to advance your cause without portraying those who disagree with you as monsters bespeaks the hollowness of your politics, a core of dust. And your future, ashes.
When a magical baker recommends you go elsewhere for your same-sex wedding cake, it's best to take her advice.
https://www.stephenmeasure.com/news/2017/11/14/forced-to-bake-a-cake/
I oppose wrong beliefs and ideologies, not people. Had I walked in another's shoes, I might believe and do as they believe and do. I don't oppose people. I seek to persuade them. Wrong beliefs and ideologies are forever wrong, but a wrong person can choose to become right.
Author of unconventional satires and strange stories.
