People Keep It
A pocket note about botanic gardens, colonization and nephews who show us the way
Essays
Up in the Air
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Make a Record of It
Authoritarian regimes can’t justify their claims in an information-abundant environment.
Information
Dear Observer
Make a record of it
The Technology Meme Men Have Arrived
It's time to hit Fury Road.
White Supremacy
A Nazi Salute By Any Other Name
Musk is trying to trap us in the Alienation Loop, a building block of the fascist state
A rant and a video (podcast)
What the fork is happening at the NYT
Motherhood
My kid is afraid we're in a simulation
A techno-optimist creation myth is keeping her up at night.
Gender + Identity
It's not about the bathrooms
Republicans are using anti-trans restroom bans to reinstate an architecture of legalized domestic tyranny.
November Observance
An exclusive essay, prompts and a gift!
Mormonism
Do not bring body bags to the end of the world.
I understand now that a White woman with shelves full of food for her family and body bags for her neighbors is a pretty literal representation of how White women have historically hoarded care resources.
Motherhood
all we can do
How was I going to tell the kids?
Love
love has never been a popular movement
a few words from James Baldwin
Women and Children First
JD Vance and the Pro-Slavery New Right are going to strip women and children of the right to survive.
White Supremacy
Read my series on JD Vance and the Pro-Slavery New Right
According to them, a well-ordered society requires slavery.
JD Vance's liberty requires your subjugation
A man is only truly liberated if he can exercise dominion over others, I guess!
Trick or Treat
death knocks thrice and other awkward porch interactions
Trump's Charismatic Succession Plan
It could work. Unfortunately.