This Week's Writing 1/17/26
Also! tracks of the week. and an upside down cat
The new year is really off to a miserable start, even if you look at it upside down as Gusgus is doing.
Nonetheless, I published things. Here they are!
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Politics
Republicans in Congress are starting to vote against Trump. (Public Notice)
For immigrants, citizenship now. (EIH)
Harming intersex people in the name of Christianity. (EIH)
What Scott Adams’ deathbed conversion says about Christianity. (EIH)
Cultural Criticism
On slashers, trauma, and Elizabeth R. Mclellan’s great poetry volume Is My Chainsaw a Heart?: 13 Centos (Full Stop)
Bone Temple has a great Ralph Fiennes set piece. (Splice Today)
Best albums of 2025: #45-31 (EIH)
Best albums of 2025 #30-16 (EIH)
Best albums of 2025 #15-1 (EIH)
Chicago band Replicant starts the year looking towards the synthwave future. (Chicago Reader)
Not enough Beetlejuice in Beetlejuice. (EIH)
Poetry
Adulting failure poem. (Five Fleas)
I thought
I would figure it out
someday
Collapsing health infrastructure tanka. (Sychronized Chaos)
wonder drugstore R-
FKing cloud smack upload
to grassy knowledge
workers with too much raw gleet
and gender karaoke
