May 8River Solomon’s “An Unkindness of Ghosts”, Narratives of Oppression, & The Allegory of the CaveThere are only a few books that I have read that truly affect me in any kind of way — whether in a way that leaves me sad, or hopeful, or immensely broken. From those, there are only a small number of books that affect me so much that they…An Unkindness Of Ghosts25 min read
Mar 15Sex-Ed, The Patriarchy, & “Don’t Say Gay”On March 8th of this year, the Florida legislature passed a controversial bill that would essentially ban school districts from incorporating any conversation on gender identity or sexual orientation to the curriculum through certain grades. The bill, as has been dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, also extend to school…Sex18 min read
Feb 5Maja Lunde’s “The End of the Ocean” & Eco-Anxiety & The Trauma of Climate ChangeIn a sense, stories about climate change don’t usually involve the emotional and mental health of people experiencing it. Other than the climate sphere, where discussions about emotions are normalized, and people are able to share their own experiences when it comes to dealing with eco-anxiety, the portrayal of climate…Climate Change17 min read
Jan 3Don’t Look Up & The Gaslighting of Climate Scientists and AdvocatesOver the years, it’s been quite clear to me that being a scientist in the public eye — or a science communicator, or an activist advocating for action on an issue that the science made clear is catastrophic — is an extremely difficult thing to be. There’s a certain level…Climate Change12 min read
Nov 19, 2021On COP26Mentioning fossil fuels at the United Nations Conference of Parties (COP), which takes place between all the countries that signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), would seem like a big deal. However, considering that 26 years of climate change conferences have occurred, that mention seems like…Climate Change6 min read
Nov 7, 2021What We Don’t Talk About When It Comes to InfrastructureInfrastructure: conceptually something that everyone can understand. I mean, you have bridges, rail systems, highways, or buildings. Including those, you also have humans that engage with that infrastructure, but also are a part of it. They drive the economy that keeps those infrastructural pieces afloat; they interact with them; they…Infrastructure12 min read
Oct 4, 2021How Our Radical Imagination Can Save Us From the Climate CrisisIn our late-stage capitalist world, there seems to be no alternative. The overton window is so small that even supposedly communist countries must allow for increasing private accumulation, and they must also play by the rules of the many markets of our world. A lot of the time, on an…Climate Change9 min read
Aug 31, 2021The Good Masculinity of Avatar: The Last AirbenderAvatar: The Last Airbender is a timeless show, to say the least. It’s a show that you can watch and rewatch over and over again, and it surprisingly holds up on each viewing. I watched it for the first time last year when it became available on Netflix, and I…Avatar The Last Airbender10 min read
Aug 12, 2021The UN Climate Report is disheartening, but it shouldn’t stop us from actingSo the UN released a new report on climate change, and its conclusions are concerning, though not at all surprising. I read the summary for policymakers, and it basically lays out the worst, emphasizing that warming, and the other effects of climate change, are here to stay. The report also…Climate Change6 min read
Jun 13, 2021“Green” Imperialism, or the Mistake that the Green New Deal Can’t MakeIntroduction: In 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change released the impactful 1.5℃ special report, which was the basis for the youth climate movement seen all across the world. That report plainly stated that global emissions will need to fall by 45% by 2030 to maintain warming at 1.5℃. After…Climate Change13 min read
