This Week's Writing 6/30/23

Hunter Biden, Indiana Jones, and my first ever poetry chapbook!

All work and no kitten makes Noah a burnt out lump, so I’m going to take off a few days for the nationalist holiday celebrating the incineration of digits. Enjoy this week’s writing, and I’ll be back posting as usual on Wednesday or thereabouts.

If You Read One Thing By Me This Week Read

It’s Fab, a free micro poetry chapbook; download and fold! (Origami Poems Project)

Politics

The right is obsessed with Hunter Biden corruption because they think Democrats are illegitimate. (Public Notice)

A memorial to Chicago victims of torture finally moves forwards. (Prism Reports)

The right wing Supreme Court stands in solidarity with those who wanted to prevent Frederick Douglass from learning to read. (Independent)

Even our critiques of white christian privilege are mired in white christian privilege. (EIH)

“Biological sex” isn’t a thing. (EIH)

No, our brains aren’t hard-wired for altruism. (EIH)

Criticism

Autistic writer Jennifer Goodman sees beyond disability in her supernatural horror The Unseen. (Chicago Reader)

The movie Maggie Moore(s) is a couple decent movies at once…but they don’t work together. (Chicago Reader)

Indiana Jones treats Nazis as a thing of the past. (EIH)

Moon Knight shows that work sucks. (EIH)

The Boys season 3 is still super. (EIH)

Star Trek TOS:The Changeling thinks fascists are rational robots. Which is confused. (EIH)

Poetry

A biting critique of John Donne. (Five Fleas)

Death be not proud.
Death be not.
Death be.
Death.

A biting critique of growing old. (Five Fleas)

From Beyond

It came from
over there
in the mirror.

Which is just the worst
when you’re over fifty.

A biting critique of the 4th. (Five Fleas)

Fireworks

Did the founders
truly want
to frighten my dog?