Cookie Trays and Fairness

A Call to Divest From Transactional Thinking

Alan Parley Buys
An Injustice!
Published in
4 min readJul 22, 2021

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A crumbly bunch of chocolate chip cookies on a white background
Photo by Food Photographer | Jennifer Pallian on Unsplash

I once saw a tweet that read, “Sure, he knows feminist theory, but does he do the dishes?” This quote has stayed with me for years because it’s a helpful gauge for whether my actions are aligned with my values. Hypocrisy has become the hallmark of many progressive men who seem to want the Animal Farm version of equality where everyone is equal…

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Writing essays and poetry about feminism, buddhism, and mindfulness and all the ways they intersect.