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An Anthology Zine!
in times of collapse: this is how we find the wiggle room of freedom “Freedom is a heavy load, a great and strange burden for the spirit to undertake. It is not easy. It is not a gift given, but a choice made, and the choice may be a hard
A Samhain Writing Circle
“Mourn the dead, and fight like hell for the living” Another rough year is coming to a close and a new one sits beyond Samhain’s door at this most sacred time. How do we mourn and celebrate the wise ones who have crossed the threshold? How do we draw
Hearthing Devotion
An interview with Zena Sharman about her memoir-in-essays, Staying Power: On Queerness, Inheritances, and the Families We Choose Nb: This interview with Zena was created for an upcoming zine about Hestia, the Goddess of the hearth and the home. Below is the longer version of that interview. I
Anti-Blackrooms
In a white supremacist society, whiteness is unmarked, the default category of the human. To be white is to be a subject, a citizen, a member of society; to be non-white is to need to constantly prove your social belonging. But to have full personhood you must be white.
Art Under Empire: Amir Khadar
The Art Under Empire series explores the importance of staying engaged with our artistic/creative endeavors in these precarious times, and why art matters now more than ever! Each featured radical creative answers the same ten questions about the intersection of art, politics and the personal, sharing insights on how
Art Under Empire: Alyssa Rose Rumrill
The Art Under Empire series explores the importance of staying engaged with our artistic/creative endeavors in these precarious times, and why art matters now more than ever! Each featured radical creative answers the same ten questions about the intersection of art, politics and the personal, sharing insights on how
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.
The Straights Are Not OK
Obsession is a feel good story. Not the movie, no, the movie feels really bad. But the industry story around Obsession is that rare happy one. 26 year old writer/director/editor Curry Barker, a sketch comedy Youtuber, brought the film, made for $750,000, to TIFF (the Toronto International
A Witchy Summer Solstice Circle
We are thrilled to announce that we will be offering a Summer Solstice Writing Circle this June 13th! We invite our paying members to join for free
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
an Anarcho-Trekkie crossover with The Spectacle
We are back! it's been a few months, we've missed spending time talking about our favourite shows and we hope to do more in the coming months! For episode 4, we did a special spacetime summit with Io and Miriam over at The Spectacle! Come hear
The Breakup Theory
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.
Nitrate Fires
MAGACore Mummy
Now Im gonna level with you: I went to see Lee Cronin's The Mummy because I had an afternoon to kill on my book tour, and it was this, Michael (lol yikes nope) or Super Mario Galaxy. While I briefly considered Mario, when you're traveling around
Dean Spade and I Talk Transness, War and Liberation Struggle
Dean and I talked at the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies on Trans Day of Visibility, and we had a really beautiful conversation that was very needful for me on a hard day. It was released this week as an episode of Dean's great podcast, Love in
Extended Universe Book Tour
My book The Extended Universe: How Disney Destroyed the Movies and Took Over the World, comes out officially from Haymarket next Tuesday, and I'll be doing a number of tour events to celebrate the launch! My first string of events is on the East Coast, but I'
The Breakup Theory
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.
Ask a Crow
Ask a Crow
If we normalize not hiding financial issues, then we start to reframe our relations to money away from privacy, and more towards knowledge sharing, which can then lead to resource sharing.
The Breakup Theory
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.
Art Under Empire
Art Under Empire: Io Asunder
The Art Under Empire series explores the importance of staying engaged with our artistic/creative endeavors in these precarious times, and why art matters now more than ever! Each featured radical creative answers the same ten questions about the intersection of art, politics and the personal, sharing insights on how
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.
Come Out Of The Dark And Write With Us
For this equinox writers circle (March 28), we will bring seasonal themed prompts for you to weave more spells: let’s write together and continue co-creating a world worth living in.
book club
Upcoming Book Club on Pinko Magazine’s After Accountability Wednesday, February 18 5pm eastern
Join us for the next book club meeting!
The Breakup Theory
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!