This Week's Writing 10/1/23
Biden's labor renaissance, Isle McElroy's People Collide, and more!
We’ve made it through September! Thank you all for your support…and if you are not a paying subscriber, and find my work valuable, consider becoming one? It’s $5/month, $50/year. Cheap! (as mad magazine used to say.)
Here’s what I published last week:
If You Read One Thing By Me This Week, Read:
Why I’m okay with being called a content creator. (EIH)
Politics
Biden is presiding over a labor renaissance. (Public Notice)
The GOP love corruption so much they won’t even condemn Menendez. (Independent)
It’s okay to criticize Feinstein. (EIH)
Chris Arnade tries to find real america, with mixed results. (EIH)
Cultural Criticism
In Isle McElroy’s wonderful People Collide, marriage is all about switching genders. (LA Times)
Bodies Bodies Bodies critiques the slasher’s stranger danger tropes. (Food for the Worms)
Dazed and Confused is 30, but still celebrates young people for who they are, not for who they will be. (Splice Today)
Sex Education season 4 is a bit of a let down, but it’s still an amazing show. (Chicago Reader)
The Creator may be the worst movie of the year. (Chicago Reader)
Star Trek TOS: Journey to Babel and the dad logic of imperialism. (EIH)
Poetry
Dada sound poem. (dadakuku)
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Hippie nature poem. (Five Fleas)
stars
sky
earth
worm
earth
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stars
2 sonnets and the worst poem ever. (D.O.R.)
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Love these summaries, it’s a great way to catch up on pieces I may have missed, esp in other outlets. I’m also always impressed with your output — I guess if I was writing full-time it’d be a different story, but I would love to write this much in a month!