A) Women’s rights are drying up more quickly than Lake Meade. This process has been catalyzed with Republican support for the kind of misogynistic myths that would warm the heart of Phylis Schlafly. Examples include “women should remain in violent marriages,” and “A rapist should have access to children born from his attack.” Margaret AtwoodContinue reading “Why the U.S. is Becoming Unlivable”
Category Archives: 1984
Me? I live in the United States of Oceania
With a rightist billionaire taking over CNN, and Florida and Texas trying to get rid of investment funds that don’t buy fossil fuel stock (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-25/esg-pros-say-republican-anti-woke-bashing-hurts-regular-savers ), western U.S. states crossing their arms like there is no water crisis, and red-state neighbors thinking they have a right to know why someone visited an abortion-legal state, it’sContinue reading “Me? I live in the United States of Oceania”
Father’s Day, 2020
This will be an extremely personal entry. On October 20th, 1984, I went to my psych 100 class. The TA was a nice person but a weak teacher. At the beginning of class, she gave me a note that I should call my sister at the given number. This was odd. Although Lisa and IContinue reading “Father’s Day, 2020”
In response to current events…
Soundtrack for this entry: Attack Ships on Fire From 1984, by George Orwell. This has been quoted countless times before. It seems particularly apropos now. DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER! DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER! DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER! DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER!
Bittersweet Abattoir 