Tag: politics
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Populism is not inherently far-right!
How could someone vote for Trump and AOC? It’s really not difficult if we step out of the dominant left-right framework into something more representative.
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What’s the difference anyway?
Tell me how my vote matters when I’m voting for a kit over the other kat.
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What is even happening to us? Review: Jeff Sharlet, The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War
What is even happening to us? A review of Jeff Sharlet’s The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War. An important book, well researched, judiciously written: this glimpse of reality is disturbing, but it is necessary.
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Stop Blaming Biden for his Age: Blame him for his Real Problems
Every story I hear about Biden’s bid at re-election focuses on his age—this despite (or because of) real substantive problems.
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Further Notes on the Second Amendment
Three more thoughts on the Second Amendment as a sort of epilogue to my neurodivergent and philological interpretation of it (‘On Commas and Guns’)
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I Must Be Confused, or How to read a pie chart: Water Edition
Is it you or is it the systems: water edition.
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The mystery isn’t whether Biden is popular; the mystery is why anyone thinks he would be.
This poor guy wanted to be president for over 30 years, gets it, and then becomes one of the least popular presidents in recent history–to no real surprise at all.
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Anyone for Lysistrata? Or, Towards a sex-strike for abortion rights, via Aristophanes’ Comedy
Proposing a sex strike for women’s rights, esp. reproductive care, following Aristophanes’ model, Lysistrata
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Is It You or Is It The Systems?
An intervention: stop blaming yourself for systemic problems! Instead let’s remake the systems together!
Another Neurodivergent Queer Writes A Blog! 