Deric Hollings
For Now
[DISCLAIMER] I experience joy when being able to share elements of hip hop culture with others, especially when people are unfamiliar...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 10, 20235 min read
What's It to You?
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use I recently saw a meme (pictured above) that highlighted the so-called “myth of consensual sex.” For...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 9, 202325 min read
Feminism
[DISCLAIMER] Early influence As I understand, my late mother, a white woman, was the first female union ironworker in Amarillo, Texas. In...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 4, 202322 min read
Provocation
[DISCLAIMER] So-called “dumpster defenders” Since 2018, I’ve paid attention to the case concerning Johnnie Miller of Abilene who was...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 2, 20234 min read
Females, too
[DISCLAIMER] Today, I came across an article in which Pamela Anderson claimed, “I had a babysitter and my parents thought she was a great...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 27, 20237 min read
Book Covers
[DISCLAIMER] Book covers In 2015, lyricist Oddisee released an album entitled The Good Fight that featured a track called “Book Covers”...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 20, 20239 min read
A House Divided Against Itself
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Observations I was raised under the biblical principal of Matthew 12:25, which states in part, “Every...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 9, 20233 min read
Feminist Science
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Yesterday, when listing to an episode of the DarkHorse podcast, I heard Heather Heying discuss her...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 8, 20235 min read
Logic and Reason
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Logic and reason for REBT practice I’m increasingly aware of how poorly logic and reason are taught...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 6, 20234 min read
Mental Defense Attorney
[DISCLAIMER] The courtroom Though not a technique associated with my practice of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I invite...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 5, 20239 min read
Pessimistic Perspective
[DISCLAIMER] A change for good When attending grad school for social work between 2012 and 2014, I was introduced to a number of concepts...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 3, 20239 min read
Invisible Woman
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Marvel’s Invisible Woman Though I was unfamiliar with the character during a time in my youth when I...
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Deric Hollings
Dec 30, 20225 min read
Tabula Rasa
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Blank slate It is said that behaviorist John B. Watson “viewed humans as being born tabula rasa, a...
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Deric Hollings
Dec 29, 202213 min read
Artificial Influence
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Artificial Intelligence When I was a child, I was captivated by the film Short Circuit in which a...
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Deric Hollings
Dec 27, 20225 min read
Color Me Suprised
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Between 2019 and 2021, I observed behavior from my fellow United States (U.S.) citizens unlike...
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Deric Hollings
Dec 26, 20229 min read
Elimination of Harmful Language
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Background When attending graduate school from 2009 to 2011, for a Master of Arts in Counseling...
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Deric Hollings
Dec 25, 202213 min read
The B-C Connection
[DISCLAIMER] The ABC Model When practicing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I use the ABC Model to demonstrate how the...
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Deric Hollings
Dec 23, 20227 min read
The A-C Connection
[DISCLAIMER] The ABC Model When practicing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) I invite clients to consider that events are not what...
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Deric Hollings
Dec 22, 20226 min read
This Is What You Asked For
[DISCLAIMER] Why are you complaining? When I entered active duty military service with the United States Marine Corps (USMC) in 1996, my...
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Deric Hollings
Dec 17, 202213 min read
Ain't Nothin' to It
[DISCLAIMER] Fuck yo couch! In my youth, a step-uncle who was also into hip hop music informed me of a new rap duo called K-9 Posse....
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