Author: Overcoming Adversity | Buteau’s Odyssey

Height is one of the most important physical characteristics when it comes to attracting romantic partners and seeing off potential rivals. Psychologists have long known that taller people are perceived as more attractive, dominant, and competent. Taller people are more likely to be promoted to management roles and elected to public office. These effects are particularly strong for men. Because tallness carries a privilege, psychologists have also investigated whether a person’s height affects the way that person thinks and feels. There is evidence that shorter men and men who claim to be taller than they really are tend to be…

This was the week the studios opened their fall books, and they did it the way everyone does in late July. They pointed their biggest trailers at San Diego Comic-Con and let the timing do the shouting. Three major genre trailers arrived inside seven days, two of them built around characters audiences already know, and nearly every release date they carried lands between mid-September and Halloween. Last week the story was the genre reselling its own past. This week the story was studios stacking the autumn calendar and betting most of it on faces you recognize. One name even showed…

Calling out bias, a form of allyship, involves labeling a biased action (e.g., “That is sexist!”) and pointing it out as unacceptable (“That’s not OK!”). It is often considered essential to ending discrimination. Calling out can educate a colleague about their biases and reduce future instances of biased behavior. Allies who call out bias are often upheld as courageous fighters who combat injustice. But is calling out the most effective form of allyship? My team’s years of scientific research using a variety of experiments, surveys, and interviews with thousands of leaders and employees paints a nuanced picture. Sometimes, calling out…

What happens to creativity under real-world pressure? Many will be interested in the answer, be they caregivers of aging parents or children who are ill (or not), partner caregivers, sandwiched caregivers, paid and unpaid caregivers, and individuals who struggle to be good stewards of their own needs. The answer? Creativity doesn’t vanish, though it is often disrupted. Caregiving in general is disruptive to creative endeavors, because it constantly interrupts moments of reflection. “Write every day” was the edict I learned early in my writing at a time I was working in a clinical capacity as well. I understood this to…

Marcus Slabine, director of The Dark Offerings (2021), has released the trailer for his new movie Sundown. The trailer just premiered this past month at Mad Monster Party in Arizona and immediately sparked excitement in the horror community. You may recognize Slabine’s name. The director has been attached to many recently successful titles, including; Stream, Screamboat, Leprechaun Revenge, and The Pitchfork Retreat. This time in Sundown, Slabine will be sharing the director’s chair with Brian Klingborg. Klingborg additionally penned the script.  Director Marcus Slabine with actor Damian Maffei. The director/writer discussed with Dread Central how the movie was initially inspired…

With every new NFL season comes renewed belief in your team’s quarterback.Let’s check out the odds for which signal-callers will lead the NFL in passing yards and passing touchdowns, as of July 20 at DraftKings Sportsbook.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX Sports may be compensated. Read more about Sports Betting on FOX Sports.Most regular-season passing yardsJoe Burrow: +750 (bet $10 to win $85 total)Jared Goff: +750 (bet $10 to win $85 total)Dak Prescott: +750 (bet $10 to win $85 total)Matthew Stafford: +900 (bet $10 to win…

The Twisted Childhood Universe (also known as the TCU, and absolutely nothing else), has been delivering distorted versions of our favorite childhood tales to varying degrees of success since 2023 with its inaugural film, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey. Now, a new entry joins the franchise in Pinocchio Unstrung, offering a bloody take on the puppet who wants nothing more than to be a real boy. If you’ve seen any of the other films and have been picking up what they’ve been putting down, you’re in for a similar serving here (albeit a much more visually appealing one). Like…

We all know the three things you don’t talk about around the dinner table: money, religion, and politics. But do these once-sacred dinner-party rules still apply to Gen Z? Religion isn’t the potentially hot-button issue it once was, with 28% of Americans identifying as religiously unaffiliated, and only 3 in 10 reporting they attend religious services regularly. Studies also show Gen Z and millennials are twice as likely as their Gen X and Baby Boomers counterparts to talk about money. If you’re beginning to notice a trend in young people’s willingness to discuss contentious topics, it comes to a full…

Blowie is a neo-slasher movie with a VERY novel twist.Blowie is a neo-slasher whodunit that REALLY pushes the envelopeI’m surprised but not surprised by the lack of media attention afforded to Blowie. It’s a neo-slasher movie with a VERY unique hook — as in, literally every actor in the film is a legitimate, bona fide, real life adult film star. Despite being a film about sex workers — with gay content creators representing virtually every character in the film, sans our one female starlet/director character — Blowie didn’t get much publicity during Pride month. I don’t think any mainstream-ish horror…

Earlier this month (July, 2026), I attended a celebration of the 70th anniversary of the International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis, in Lausanne, Switzerland. The ISPS had been founded there, in 1956, by two young Swiss psychoanalysts, Gaetano Benedetti and Christian Muller, who were dissatisfied with reductionist, biological understandings and treatments of “schizophrenia.” Today, ISPS has branches in more than 20 countries. Nearly 500 members and supporters came to Lausanne for our 24th international congress, entitled “Back to the Future; Inspired by Pioneers.” Although I only joined in 2000, it seems I have been actively involved long…