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Gabriel Nathan

How a Fictional Cop from Baltimore and a Real One from New York Changed my Life

“That’s not for you, Gabriel.” That was a near-constant refrain of my mother, a short, serious librarian who had very clear ideas about…

Sep 20

How a Fictional Cop from Baltimore and a Real One from New York Changed my Life

Sep 20

When the Theatre is Small; the Love is Large

Finding blood in your underwear is never a good thing. It’s particularly bad if you find blood in your underwear when you’re mid-way…

Jul 23

When the Theatre is Small; the Love is Large

Jul 23

Maybe Growing Up is Realizing Wes Anderson is Full of Shit

I saw Rushmore in the theatre with a friend who is no longer my friend. Nothing “happened” with us. In fact, a few years after we saw…

Jun 25

Maybe Growing Up is Realizing Wes Anderson is Full of Shit

Jun 25

Why I Visit the Cemetery Where My Parents Will One Day Be

“Are you alright?” my mother asked me one day a year or two ago.

Apr 18

Why I Visit the Cemetery Where My Parents Will One Day Be

Apr 18

Police Suicide: A Failure to Look for the Helpers

It’s interesting to me that law enforcement has been keeping, collecting, and analyzing data on police officers assaulted or killed in…

Feb 19

Police Suicide: A Failure to Look for the Helpers

Feb 19

On The Inevitable Lightness of Democracy’s Death Spiral

It’s the New Hampshire Primary tonight so, naturally, I’m thinking about the scene in the John Waters film “Pecker” where Edward Furlong…

Jan 24

On The Inevitable Lightness of Democracy’s Death Spiral

Jan 24

Memories of a Psych Hospital Santa

Just as there are Santa's at shopping malls and at your local fire station’s Christmas morning pancake breakfast, there are Santa's in…

Dec 23, 2023

Memories of a Psych Hospital Santa

Dec 23, 2023

The Tragic Lives of Trolls

“My, wasn’t life awful — and wonderful?”

Dec 3, 2023

The Tragic Lives of Trolls

Dec 3, 2023

This Suicide Awareness Month: Go Ahead; Politicize Suicide Prevention

“Don’t politicize suicide prevention,” they say, while forcing LGBTQIA+ kids into the shadows and into the closet.

Sep 23, 2023

This Suicide Awareness Month: Go Ahead; Politicize Suicide Prevention

Sep 23, 2023

If You See Something (Should You) Say Something(?):

I’d like to write a funny essay today, but I don’t feel funny or feel like being funny. Maybe it’s too hot to be funny. Maybe it’s because…

Jul 20, 2023

If You See Something (Should You) Say Something(?):

Jul 20, 2023

Gabriel Nathan

Gabriel Nathan

Gabe is Editor in Chief of OC87 Recovery Diaries, a mental health publication. He is a suicide awareness advocate and is attracted to toxic car relationships.

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