May 28TimelinesOne night I dreamed a dream. As I was scrolling down my timeline, Across the sneeze-encrusted screen flashed posts from my account. For each tweet, I noticed two streaks of RTs, One belonging to me and one to my mufo. After the last post from my account flashed before me, I…Poetry1 min read
Apr 3The Pervert’s List I#1: Bulb of Saur #2: I’ve a Saur #3: Vine of Saur #4: The Charming Salamander #5: The Charming Chameleon #6: Charred Zard #7: The Squirting Turtle #8: Warter Turtle #9: Blasting Turtle #10: Catering Pillar #11: Metaphorical Pod #12: Butter is Free #13: Weed All #14: Hakuna #15: Matata …2 min read
Mar 6Against Hate and Suffering During the Ukrainian InvasionI’ve not said much about Ukraine on social media. This has been in part because I want to respect the limits of my understanding of that country and neighbouring Russia. While I know various things about these two nations, plenty of other things, I don’t, and I do not want…Politics8 min read
Feb 5Shallow Impact: The Politics of Don’t Look UpNote: This article contains major spoilers for Don’t Look Up. If you didn’t know Don’t Look Up’s script was penned by SNL’s former head writer, you could work it out by reverse engineering. The film is intended as an unflinching evisceration of modern US politics. Yet, it suggests that America’s…Film9 min read
Oct 17, 2021The Dream: Squid Game and Class ConflictNote: The following article contains major spoilers for Squid Game and minor spoilers for Battle Royale and The Hunger Games. It also discusses suicide and sexual assault. If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts, contact a suicide prevention organisation near you. For those in the US, you can reach the…Media21 min read
Oct 4, 2021NightmareWhen I was a girl, families made do. In the evening, we didn’t have TV or radio; we didn’t need it. There were seven of us: me, my two brothers, and our four cousins. After dinner, we’d all crowd around my grandmother’s ankles, and she’d read stories from these huge…Short Story10 min read
Jun 5, 2021At Last, Every Letter RankedThus far, all literary criticism has focused on the impression created by many letters juxtaposing each other, such as in books or on wordtrucks. In pursuing this obsession, we have come to lack a fundamental theory of written art. See, no commentator has been brave enough to review the individual…Literature6 min read
Mar 27, 2020The COVID-19 Test and the Failures of UK GovernmentWhen faced with a deadly pandemic, we find ourselves in the delicate fingers of systems and people that could ruin lives or save them. But this type of interaction is not new. Cars, security systems, surgeons, and pilots are all examples of everyday mechanisms or professionals that, if not up…Politics14 min read
Dec 21, 2019We Need a Better Standard for Our Electoral AnalysisOn December 12th 2019, the Conservative Party was re-elected to UK government with 163 more seats than the Labour Party. It is the biggest defeat of the major left-wing party since 1935, and Corbyn, the only socialist leader of the organisation there’s been in the 21st century, is resigning. …Politics16 min read
Nov 30, 2019A Man’s Job: Humanity in Blade RunnerNote: The following article contains major spoilers for Blade Runner and talks specifically about the final cut of the film. When a prolific sci-fi film reaches a certain age, it goes through a rite of passage in the critical space. Writers inevitably see agreements and disagreements between the film’s vision…Science Fiction15 min read
