Everything Is Horrible

Everything Is Horrible

This Week's Writing 5/22/26

Brief rest.

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Noah Berlatsky
May 23, 2026
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very asleep orange floof with her head tucked under the rest of her on green cushions

Contemplating the kitty is calming.

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And here’s what I published this week.

Politics

IL’s new child social media bill raises privacy concerns. (Prism)

Ds and Rs didn’t flip on race in the 60s. (EIH)

Europe should not help Trump in Iran. (EIH)

Caucus with Ds, Cornyn you coward. (EIH)

Cultural criticism

Supergirl vs. genocide. (EIH)

M. NourbeSe Philip’s Zong! and unspeakable grief. (Splice Today)

Cryptopsy never says die. (Chicago Reader)

Night and Fog and pretending to hope. (EIH)

Poetry

Dad pun poem. (smol)

los & foundt

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