40% off sale ends today! (& This Week's Writing 8/17/24)

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Below is what I wrote this week. A big thank you to paid subscribers who help me keep on keeping on. Hope some of you who are following but not paying yet can join us!

Politics

DNC protestors hope to pressure Democrats on Gaza. (Prism Reports)

Harris should push for nationwide free school meals. (Public Notice)

Harris doesn’t need to follow Biden on Gaza. (EIH)

We don’t know if the 2024 race is close. (EIH)

Cultural Criticism

Indigenous artist Andrea Carlson heals colonized landscapes by breaking them apart. (Observer.com)

Elliot Page’s Close To You is a great indie queer drama about trans identity, romance, and found family. (Chicago Reader)

Harlem Renaissance poet Claude McKay dances with gender. (EIH)

Poetry

Sad kitty poem. (Five Fleas)

Five years, cat,
and I have never hurt you.
Could you sit on my lap now?