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Resonance
Entanglement, Turbulence, Tension, Uncertainty Principle. Not physics as a field of study, but the argument that physics and human experience are the same phenomenon at different scales — and that the gap between scales is where meaning lives.
Make a Record of It
Authoritarian regimes can’t justify their claims in an information-abundant environment.
Motherhood
My kid is afraid we're in a simulation
A techno-optimist creation myth is keeping her up at night.
Resonance
A dripping dread
and mice and men
Resonance
October Observance
an exclusive essay and prompts
Home
Above the lintel
and through the wall
Platforms
Are overnight oats ads proof that Instagram is changing reality?
Um. Yes.
Outside of Totality
I keep a pair of eclipse glasses in a drawer next to my passport. To me, this is evidence that I have become an adult, but it might also be proof of something else.
I am a particle, that wishes it were a wave
A free art print
Daughters
playhouses
My five-year-old, Brontë, has her first bad cold of the season. She kind of reminds me of a grumpy gnome
War
something scattered
falling leaves and falling bombs
Patriarchy
Altar Bound
A series on the LDS Church and abuse
Daughters
In Which I Rot in the Ground
but only by one measure
Mormonism
I grew up in a church led by a prophet
If I followed him, my family would stay together forever
Motherhood
Many Happy Returns: A Birthday on September 11
My daughter was born on 9/11. People said I should tell her she was born on the 9/10 instead.
War
If We Die, We Want to Die Together
The state can always find a reason for us to kill each other.
War
The Sounds of War
The fighter jets that invaded Iraq train over my backyard.