This Week's Writing 5/30/25

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It’s been a bit of a rough week here for the Everything Is Horrible staff (which is just me.) First, my foot was attacked by a vicious and implacable kitty. Then one of my most reliable clients had to cut back, and I was the back that was cut.

I’m not doomed or anything and am still writing away. But these setbacks are anxiety producing and also obviously mean I have less money. So, if you find my work valuable, and want to help out, now would be a good moment to become a paid contributor. It’s $5/month, $50/yr.

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Enough whining and kitty-wrastling! I’m traveling this weekend, so am posting the weekly round up earlier; here’s what I published this week:

Politics

Illinois is protecting the medical records of autistic people. (Prism)

Trump is withdrawing whiteness from white immigrants. (Public Notice)

John Stoehr talked to me about what the left is doing right and what it isn’t. (Editorial Board)

Israel and the sad colonizer trope. (EIH)

Cultural Criticism

Soderbergh’s SIDE EFFECTS is an ableist hate screed. (EIH)

LIFE is ALIEN without the mess. Alas. (EIH)

Poetry

Living up to the newsletter title. (Five Fleas)

This will pass someday.
Unless it doesn't.