The Bodybuilder

These art objects let me feel my own living form through the many shapes they had been pressed into.    

Midwives

It’s weird how hitting the ground doesn’t really hurt.

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Midwives

It’s weird how hitting the ground doesn’t really hurt.

The Bodybuilder

These art objects let me feel my own living form through the many shapes they had been pressed into.    

Against Redemption

Social media is filled with documentation of human suffering. So why read a tragic novel?

The Year in Self-Googling

It’s comforting to know that in the annals of history, my day-to-day personal suffering won’t show up at all. Unfortunately, in the present, the details are apparent, if only to me.

The Year in Compost

Some find comfort in conspiracy; I’ve found it in asking the same questions about plants and insects and mold my seven-year-old self might.

A Brief History of Indoor Trees

When there is a ritual, life makes sense. 

What A Time To Be In Decline

Why, a decade ago, did my father give me the heavy gift of a controversial 100-year-old Oswald Spengler tome? It took a pandemic for me to find out.

Wonder Women

The fight for female superheroes in Hollywood.

‘Folklore Has Always Been About Futurity': An Interview with K-Ming Chang

The author of Bestiary on mythmaking, how grossness co-exists with beauty, and changing your destiny.