Special guest appearance by my mother in law’s cat, Poppy. He is a cutey.
Here’s what I wrote this week.
Politics
On Epstein, Democrats actually fight. (Public Notice)
Trump is not fulfilling his campaign promises. (EIH)
Why isn’t Trump (even more) unpopular? (EIH)
Jews like Mamdani. (EIH)
Cultural Criticism
A celebration of queer Chicago art and activism at the MCA. (Prism)
John Yau and whiteness in the New York School. (Splice Today)
Sinead O’Connor and antifascist grief. (Nuts and Bolts)
Night of the Hunter: christofascist stalkers are still relevant 70 years on. (Splice Today)
Bird Box and parenting as apocalypse. (EIH)
Sydney Sweeney and common sense eugenics. (EIH)
Is Paul Atreides a Mary Sue? (EIH)
Poetry
New chapbook: Spamtoum! (above/ground)
Poem about suburban utopia. (Olit)
Spooky cat poem. (Five Fleas)
the cat yowls in triumph
for she has slain and dragged upstairs
another pair of underwear
Lovely cat, as usual. I have two tabbies and it's extremely difficult to tell them apart.
Just for giggles, I'll relay a bumper sticker I saw: "If mental health were cured today, tomorrow there would be no Republicans."
Happy August, Noah :)