essay - be the future (Page 7)

a piece of heavy machinery clears wreckage from a demolition site

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generative refusal and the politics of extraction

what happens when we decide to play a different game

a street level view of a city with a bright streetlight twinkling

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loop-de-loop

One of my favorite weird fiction tropes is the time loop. Groundhog Day might be the most famous. Looper is a favorite of mine, and Edge of Tomorrow, Palm Springs, and Russian Doll are other great examples. Pretty much every series of Star Trek has at least one episode with

a pizza that may or may not look enormous, depending on the scale. the image is cropped close so only glimpses of the pizza b

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palace fucking intrigue

This post is narrated! Listen below… Last week, I was in a meeting to discuss dividing grant funds between two groups. I work with two coalitions that provide social services to people in need. One coalition receives about a third of the funding that the other group does. Neither coalition

a photo from the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kandy, Sri Lanka. a grove of palm trees line a brown gravel path in two neat, order

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well, actually

2021, right?? What a year it’s been. In our first full week, Georgia is sending two new senators to congress. Trump supporters / white supremacists (redundant) attempted a coup on Wednesday. Who knows what else will happen before this post goes up? Last year felt like a never-ending processional. I

a photo of a woman ziplining across a canyon outside Salta, Argentina. the woman's sweatshirt is all white, pants are a tan c

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just stay alive

I had a great chat with my friend Clara recently. They and their friend Melo are the hosts of a podcast, Intersectionality in the Diaspora. We talked for a while about our experiences surviving predominantly white institutions (PWIs). We discussed the harms that they can visit on BIPOCs existing in

photograph of a sculpture in Borgarnes, Iceland titled "Brákin." the sculpture overlooks a body of water and then a mountain

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the real villain

Last weekend I was talking with my friend Tom about a webinar we are taking together. The facilitators created a five-week session series about BIPOCs surviving predominately white institutions. The first session was an introduction to the program and a foundation-laying for where we are meant to go. Peppered throughout

a photo from 2007 of a poster in Mendoza, Argentina that i thought was hilarious. a bus ad for Diario Ciudadano features a ca

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normal wasn't working

We’re now entering month 6 of people in the united states talking non-stop about COVID-19. The terrifying rush of March through May is over. I spent all summer talking about racialized police killings and the ethics of masks. And now, people who are six months exhausted are ready for

a cropped photo of Sanamluang Thai diner in north Hollywood. part of a neon sign is visible on the restaurant's facade. a cir

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i made you dinner!

“Hey, you should come over for dinner,” I say in kind of an abrupt way. It’s the after-times, when the pandemic is over, but it was the first time it started to feel like the before-times. “That’d be great! What’s the occasion?” You ask. I give you

a graphic of a matrix titled "Just use [blank] straws!" with a list of alternatives to single-use plastic straws. Each altern

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ableism is invisible if you are not disabled

ableism is invisible if you are not disabled transphobia is invisible if you are not transgender homophobia is invisible if you are not homosexual white supremacy is invisible if you are white oppression is invisible if you are the oppressor I used to think it was okay to ban straws