This Week's Writing 3/31/23

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If you read one thing by me this week, read:

The GOP loves guns because of fascism, not campaign donations. (Public Notice)

Politics

Trump’s indicted, but no fear! DeSantis loves bigotry and impunity too. (Independent)

The GOP’s hate of school lunches is typical of carceral logic. (Editorial Board)

Israel shows us protests can work—sometimes. (Independent)

Kagan and Sotomayor should retire. (EIH)

Trump is the best GOP 2024 candidate because he’ll sabotage anyone else. (EIH)

The GOP wants guns so it can indulge in apocalyptic fantasies. (EIH)

Cultural Criticism

Wild Things: noir, sex, gators, and trashing the patriarchy. (Splice Today)

Stephen King’s original story “Children of the Corn” wasn’t about bad kids. It was a bout a bad marriage. (Splice Today)

Ed Sheeran got sued because all pop songs sound the same. The shape of pop music inequality. (EIH)

Stay out of the insufferable and tedious Infinity Pool. (EIH)

Titane vs. the Oscars. (EIH)

Star Trek TOS Return of the Archons is about Kirk’s disdain for indigenous resistance. (EIH)

Baaba Maal’s retro Afro-futurism still soars. (Chicago Reader)

Poetry

A poem called “Decide for Joy” which is not very joyful. (Five Fleas)

A little poem for my dog. (Five Fleas)

Floppy ears
on dog on couch on floor on world
listening to dreams.

A surrealist poem found on the spine of a surrealist anthology. (dadakuku)

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