Everything Is Horrible

Everything Is Horrible

This Week's Writing 2/21/26

poetry and floof. also gavin newsom sucks

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Noah Berlatsky
Feb 21, 2026
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white floof sitting on bed, turning neck towards camera so it looks like a swoosh of floof. eyes very blue, nose pink; she looks skeptical

I am getting lots of pictures of our white floof because she is more willing to sit on my lap these days. Though she still looks skeptical!

Here’s what I wrote this week (and as always, if you want me to keep writing, consider becoming a paid subscriber!)

Politics

Trump and RFK’s campaign to destroy public health. (Public Notice)

Jualiana Stratton understands the assignment. (EIH)

We can beat Gavin Newsom. (EIH)

Cultural criticism

Berthe Morisot and manly labor. (EIH)

The true Solaris is the fake Solaris. (Splice Today)

Honey Bunch sees marriage as arty horror. (Splice Today)

The last horror movie that scared me. (EIH)

Poetry

On aging not very gracefully. (Synchronized Chaos)

Streaming Sonnet

Age

is

just

a

number

reflecting

the

intensity

with

which

I

have

to

pee.

Gross pet poem. (Five Fleas)

poems are like cats
they crawl on you and
vomit right on your lap

Disappearing poem. (smols)

where
here
ere
re
e

One word poem. (smols)

o
g ne

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