This Week's Writing 2/21/26
poetry and floof. also gavin newsom sucks
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
From the archive
Fucking Fight, You Useless Fucks
As we descend ever further into our ongoing fascist nightmare, it would be nice to have an opposition party. Instead, we have the Democrats, who are, I understand, working on changing their name officially to “Sorry, Spineless Sacks of Shit,” just so they can assure Donald Trump and their Republican colleagues that they really, truly, don’t pose a threa…
