Hello my name is Jesse Mackinney, I am a grad student studying psychology and this is my blog where I talk about anything and everything. Enjoy your stay.

Introduction to Fiji: A court case

Judge: Your client stands accused of reckless endangerment, unnecessary risk, questionable racist presumptions, as well as shameless self-serving and sub-clinical narcissism in a foreign country how do you plead?Lawyer: First off, he’s an American traveling abroad, isn’t what you described just normal behavior in such circumstances?Judge: Don’t distract from the case at hand, the man […]

Espresso

The Male Gaze, Feminism under capitalism, and the magic within.

Lessons Learned in Recovery

This past month I went to a recovery treatment center for addiction. Below are three of the lessons I learned whilst there. Whilst I may have been slightly Delulu and only barely holding onto sanity, I hope these nuggets of wisdom make some sense and may hold value for you. “Do I contradict myself?Very well […]

Compassion

There’s more than meets the eye A tattoo that I have contemplated over the years is “Compassion is truth” and this is basically an essay on what I think it means to be truly compassionate in one’s living.  Why be compassionate? There are many answers to this, but broadly speaking, it is in some small […]

Structure

In the age of new, we forget how much we need the old During a quick little cry sesh with myself the other day, I told myself that my purpose was to do my part in fixing the foundations of our society, and that’s a good a thesis as any for this blog, so this […]

Welcome to the Jungle

Hey, thanks for coming to my website. The plan is to post every Friday. Since I’m not intentionally sharing this with many people, these will be somewhat informal and not particularly well cited. My intention is for this to change over time but I gotta start somewhere. You are essentially witnessing my practice grounds. The […]