
Examining the intersection of myth, politics, and history through personal and collective narratives.
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Last week, I went dark. Took a break from Substack, my socials, and my phone. A media detox that coincided with a trip home to New England to attend my 50th high school class reunion. I was taking stock.
The party was populated by old fart...
There comes a time when the obvious corruption of gangsters, oligarchs, and the short-sighted influencers of the manosphere sinks the soul down like cement shoes. When the puny manipulations of little men reek like chum drifting on currents...
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Today, on my off week (usually, I post every other week), I’m reposting an essay that was originally published in The W(hole) Recovery (from anything), which was originally part of the Rumpus a...
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I have a crazy friend, furious with her crazy mother, whose own mother was, doubtless, crazy. For 70 years, she’s picked over the ground of her childhood. Stuck there.
Death is the answer to that problem.
Rin...
Theodore de Bry (1528–1598)
After decades of careful anthropological work excavating the field of Personal Mythology, I’ve realized that the internalized voice I call “Susan” isn’t familial. It didn’t come from my childhood. It’s the world...
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