by samfrida | Nov 4, 2026 | Blog
Yesterday, I felt a kind of joy I’ve only felt once before about an American election: when Barack Obama was elected president. Actual joy. The kind that brings tears to your eyes because you realize how much you needed a reason to feel hopeful again. Whatever side of...
by samfrida | Oct 26, 2026 | Blog
I find it fascinating how differently people experience healing. For some, healing means distance from the person connected to the hurt. For others, it means being able to remember what happened without feeling pulled back into it. For me, understanding brings a...
by samfrida | Oct 26, 2026 | Blog
There’s something that has troubled me for years, particularly when I observe certain people of Indian and other Asian backgrounds navigating Western power structures. It’s the possibility that colonialism didn’t simply leave behind political and economic...
by samfrida | Oct 20, 2026 | Blog
An unexpected journey into creativity, self-expression, and what it means to make something your own. Someone recently raised a question about my music that got me thinking. They enjoy the songs. They connect with the lyrics. But knowing AI was involved, they wonder:...
by samfrida | Oct 20, 2026 | Blog
I don’t know Amy Acton. I don’t know her personally, and I cannot pretend to know the full story of her family. Yet reading about what Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign did, I found myself wanting to cry. For her. For the child she once was. For how low we are willing to go...
