This Week's Writing 2/22/25

Niemoller, the Stepford Wives, and more on fascism.

Smoosh-faced Goose loves you, and also sleep. It is good that someone can still rest peacefully!

As for me, I am experiencing a certain amount of anxiety and insomnia. But less sleep means more writing! This is what I published this week.

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Politics

AOC models resistance. (Public Notice)

Martin Niemoller was an antisemite. (EIH)

Atrocities don’t need to be popular. (EIH)

Cultural Criticism

The Stepford Wives predicted techbro misogyny 50 years ago. (Dame Magazine)

Substack meritocracy is a myth. (EIH)

Legion vs. the Great British Bake Off. (EIH)

Benjanun Sriduangkaew's Machine's Last Testament and the revolt against the robot revolution. (EIH)

Poetry

I published
no poems this week.
Alas.