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Feeding People Is A Way To Fight FascismWe need to emphasize how important food is to organizing1d ago11d ago1
Published inAn Injustice!We Will Rise Again: The Song That Explains How Fascists View MediaA case study on fascist media analysis6d ago286d ago28
Published inFanfareI Still Don’t Know How ‘What We Do In The Shadows’ EndedAn examination of the meta-ending to end all endingsFeb 183Feb 183
Published inAn Injustice!We Need To Talk To Our Neighbors About DisastersAn urgent plea to focus on communal disaster prepFeb 71Feb 71
Published inPrism & PenEmilia Pérez Is Mediocre Trans RepresentationExamining the Oscar-nominated film’s shortcomingsFeb 74Feb 74
Why Are Many Leftists So Mean About Kindness?It’s not what you think: a Patreon exclusiveFeb 54Feb 54
Published inPrism & PenDisney’s Transgender Reversal Is as Unsurprising as It Is DangerousAn analysis of what cutting the trans storyline in ‘Win or Lose’ meansJan 2822Jan 2822
Published inFanfareEPIC: Reimagining the Odyssey with Women Characters That Don’t SuckHow the hit musical’s characters differ from the original storyJan 246Jan 246
Published inFanfareArcane Season 2 Was About Breaking The Cycle of Violence: It FailedA look at this show’s struggle with the revolutionary aestheticJan 157Jan 157
Published inAn Injustice!You Don’t Have to be Friends with the Conservatives Who Hate YouWe don’t need to understand the feelings behind conservative hateJan 1419Jan 1419
Published inPrism & PenPost-Election ‘I’m Over It’ Claims Are a (not just) Queer Trauma ResponseA look at nazi Germany and the HIV/AIDS epidemic through queer eyesJan 103Jan 103
Published inAn Injustice!2025 Predictions: How The Hell Are Things Getting So Bad?A breakdown of where our world is headed this yearJan 95Jan 95
Unpacking My 2024 PredictionsA deep dive into what I got right and what I got oh so wrongDec 30, 2024Dec 30, 2024
Published inFanfareThe Tragic, Liberal Delusion of Netflix’s ‘The Diplomat’Breaking Down ‘The Diplomat’s’ Love for the Neoliberal OrderDec 15, 202445Dec 15, 202445
Published inAn Injustice!A Healthcare CEO Died: I Don’t Have It In Me To CareExamining where we decide to place empathyDec 9, 20248Dec 9, 20248
Published inPrism & PenLGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back! We shouldn’t accept being a scapegoatWhat is the Democratic Party (and its center-left allies) doing in response to this worsening trend?Dec 3, 20242Dec 3, 20242