Suffragettes, Civil Rights, The Black Panther Party, & ACT UP — In the past, the argument that "shaming people is always wrong" was one I identified with strongly. I wrote an entire piece arguing in length how shame was not a good principle to organize around (see Unpacking the Deadly Politics of Shame). In that piece, I concluded: "…shame seems to…

Climate Change, global warming, corporations, & aliens! — Why hello there, traveler, and welcome to the "Apocalypse Tour." This is thee place to observe all the locations that had a significant impact on species 947's collapse (947 were also known as humanity [hyoo·ma·nuh·tee]). We discuss the physical locations that contributed to humanity's untimely end on a tiny planet…

We don’t have to treat every piece of content in good faith — Recently the trailer for the film “What is a Woman?” has been going around. The “documentary” (a word I use loosely) is from the mind of conservative transphobe Matt Welsh (I think that’s his name, I can’t be bothered to look it up), a man who has made a history…

DC Politics, Affordable Housing, and Gentrification — This article was originally published in the Washington Socialist. DC Mayor Muriel Bowser is often compared to the men who preceded her. Mayor Vincent Gray, her predecessor, was not only accused of giving a competitor a job for badmouthing someone on the campaign trail but faced a federal probe into…

This retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice has a political message relevant for our times. — Climate Change is terrifying. Even following the news around it is exhausting. Every day reveals new horrors about rising seas, vanishing resources, and diminishing crop yields. Our political leaders have not responded to this threat appropriately, and this negligence has left a lot of us with anxiety about the future.

Unpacking the biggest theme in Guerrilla Games’ Post-Apocalyptic Adventure — The Horizon series is a fun romp set in the distant future. It's ultimately about a lot of things: a post-apocalyptic adventure where you slay robot dinosaurs with bows and arrows, a narrative about the nature of humanity and AI; a feminist tale about a kickass warrior named Aloy (voiced…

Death is all around me, & I struggle to shed a tear — Back in 2012, the Sandy Hook massacre broke my heart. Twenty-six people dead — twenty of whom were children. I had trouble wrapping my head around the cruelty of it all. I remember thinking at the time that if anything would spur America to action, it would be the faces…

The show about conspiracy theories fails to understand social change — What if a secret organization of five men ruled the world? And what if they were nice? Such is the premise of Mike Myer's new comedy Netflix series, The Pentaverate (2022) — the show that makes fun of some of pop culture's most popular conspiracy theories. The series follows sweet-talking…

Work culture, labor exploitation, hustling, and the grind — The majority of people have had to apply for a job, yet it's probably not the most enjoyable thing you've done. Most people routinely cite dissatisfaction, not just with their jobs, but in the job application process, especially for online applications where it is seen as very opaque. To quote…