Goose is chewing on her favorite cow…and I don’t have any clever transition, really. Next week I think I’ve got a piece on Deadwood and the politics of Al Swearengen…and probably other things? In the meantime! Here’s what I wrote last week:
If you read one thing by me this week, read:
What James Baldwing got wrong about Black antisemitism. (Sojourner)
Politics
No, Biden is not going to have a serious primary challenger. (Public Notice)
Trump’s indictments make it hard for his primary opponents to get any coverage. (Independent)
Free speech wasn’t meant to protect presidents. (EIH)
Jordan Peterson’s anti-leftism leads him to fascism. (EIH)
Cultural criticism
The 25th anniversary of Blade is a moment to reflect on just how completely superhero films went in another direction. (Observer.com)
Blue Beetle is a decent idea, but the execution is terrible. (Chicago Reader)
Strange New Worlds struggles to be true to a progressive canon that’s not that progressive anymore. (EIH)
Star Trek TOS: Catspaw and the creepy pleasures of colonialism. (EIH)
Poetry
At Synchronized Chaos I wrote a sonnet about Nerf bikinis and nostalgia. (Synchronized Chaos)
A little, “jeez I’m old” poem. (Five Fleas)
Who would have thought
the telephone would disappear
before the telephone pole?
Little robert frost erasure/variation. (Five Fleas)
*Less*
I took the one less
I took the one
I took the
I took
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