She's Not There
so true
bestie
Shuli Branson
The Breakup Theory
The Breakup Theory Episode 35 - Give Out But Don't Give Up with Josh Rivers and Conner Habib
I talk with two beautiful thinkers, Josh Rivers and Conner Habib, moving associatively through the meeting of our thoughts, references, and questions. It was sparked by a series Conner made called A New Spiritual Society, inspired by Conner’s spiritual teachers Rupdolph Steiner’s fourfolding.
She's Not There
if the trees
i wrote prayers and burned negative thoughts and buried the ashes in the park i fear the winter but in my mind i feel the cold hard dirt at the base of trees as the roots burrow down into their system my mind doesn’t hold on to seasons the
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Episode 34 - A Listener Letter with Amar: All Relationships have some form of pain
Today, I tackle a letter with an old friend, Amar, who some of you may know from The Final Straw. The breakup of a long monogamous relationship and the debut of a new polyamorous life, international romance beset by war and geopolitics, and a planned encounter canceled at the last minute.
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The Breakup Theory Episode 33 - Opening Up the Personal Essay (Trans Style) With Megan Milks
Today I talk with the great writer and friend Megan Milks about their new essay collection Mega Milk, published by Feminist Press. Megan explores milk both literal and metaphorical toward questions of names, transition, family history, nourishment, animals, agriculture, business, and land.
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The Breakup Theory Episode 32 - Iran and the US-Israeli Death Drive Economy
Today I am sharing a conversation I recorded with Elia Ayoub to discuss and analyze the US-Israeli war on Iran. We recorded on Tuesday March 10, and events keep changing, but this conversation will be relevant since we look at the geopolitical causes and consequences.
Podcasts
The Breakup Theory Episode 31 - How Do We Live Now with Vicky and Shuli at the New York Anarchist Bookfair
The right wing is correct: this is a culture war—and we cannot cede ground or meet them on their territory. The question we pose—how do we live now?—aims to turn our attention towards the beauty we make every day in refusal, relationship, dreaming, and making life both individually and together.
book club
Upcoming Book Club on Pinko Magazine’s After Accountability Wednesday, February 18 5pm eastern
Join us for the next book club meeting!
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The Breakup Theory Episode 30 - WE ARE NOW LIVING IN THE HELLSCAPE OF POETIC SCIENCE w/ P.
In this episode, I talk with P. about his book God, Aritifical Intelligence, and Me: Some Notes on Being Raised Catholic, God, Atheism, Consumerism, Artificial Intelligence, and Just How Fucked Up It Feels to Be Alive Sometimes :) I think that says it all!
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The Christmas tree chipper at Prospect Park
The next day, the trees are gone, dismembered and shattered, like an old battleground littered with corpses blown to pieces from ordinance. But it is sap you smell not blood.
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The Breakup Theory Episode 29 - Living with Trans Despair with Simon(e) van Saarloos
Taking a radical approach to despair, Simon(e) van Saarloos and Shuli Branson integrate queer nihilism with the openness of transition, delinking hope and change to operate in the shadows of a progressive rainbow that demands assimilation, rationality, and maturity.
Podcasts
The New Frankenstein - Shuli guests on The Spectacle Podcast
The great Io @bum.lung invited Shuli on to their podcast The Spectacle (a podcast for people who like movies and hate cops) to dig into Guillermo Del Toro’s adaptation of the much-adapted Frankenstein. They ask the big questions like: “Why?” “How?” and of course “Who?”