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Bayo Akomolafe
Poet. Philosopher. Psychologist. Professor. Passionate about the Preposterous.
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December 31, 2018
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8
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How the Real is more fascinating than we can think
A meditation on Aquaman, science and the alchemy of imagination
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May 10, 2016
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1
min
A good journey
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February 19, 2019
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1
min
New frontiers
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September 20, 2013
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1
min
Nothing is original
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July 29, 2018
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1
min
Musings on postactivism
Articles
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15
min
How do we respond to crisis?
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November 5, 2019
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3
min
In the morning, you won’t find me here
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March 25, 2015
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3
min
What miracles allude to
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December 3, 2018
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2
min
Death unmoored
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July 29, 2016
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2
min
Bernie is now the more-than-president
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December 17, 2016
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5
min
The Scooby Doo Contingency
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1
min
A miracle is…
Articles
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July 23, 2013
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21
min
There are no slums in India
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September 4, 2015
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2
min
A quilt of a thousand rivers
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May 26, 2015
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2
min
Hacking sustainable development
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July 9, 2018
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1
min
Notes on an intra-active psychology
Articles
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January 16, 2018
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18
min
The Surprising Nobility of Shit
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July 13, 2017
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2
min
Co-personology
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March 30, 2015
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2
min
Suffering is intrinsically indeterminate
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September 26, 2015
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2
min
You are home already
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April 1, 2015
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3
min
Love is all there is
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May 2, 2019
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3
min
Spectral immigration
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May 10, 2016
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1
min
The soil is a monster
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May 21, 2018
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2
min
Yanny vs Laurel
Articles
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25
min
A Parliament of Things
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July 23, 2015
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1
min
What lies at the edges
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September 23, 2017
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1
min
Decentering…
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October 9, 2015
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1
min
Cry me a river
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June 25, 2018
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9
min
On thinking out the box
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August 7, 2017
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1
min
On easy villains and noble inflections
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February 10, 2016
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1
min
We are in this together
Articles
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August 7, 2016
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18
min
A plea for magic
Articles
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May 29, 2021
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22
min
Let’s Meet at the Crossroads
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August 14, 2015
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2
min
Menstrual wound, cosmic openings
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August 20, 2019
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1
min
Losing shape is queering identity
Articles
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5
min
You are not a ‘self’
Articles
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10
min
The Phantoms of the Maze
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August 15, 2014
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2
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We were never lords
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1
min
Applause
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February 10, 2016
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1
min
The final frontier is no frontier at all
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September 24, 2014
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2
min
Entanglement
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November 6, 2015
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4
min
Getting Lost
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August 23, 2015
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1
min
A teenage involution
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December 12, 2019
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1
min
This breach will not be repaired
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November 26, 2014
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1
min
Where the wild things grow
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January 27, 2015
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3
min
Purpose
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January 17, 2015
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2
min
Right in the middle of things…
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September 25, 2015
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1
min
Dead ends
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February 10, 2016
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2
min
The rise of tricksters
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October 3, 2015
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2
min
Queer lessons with my Daughter [2]
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February 26, 2017
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4
min
The ordinary is what the extraordinary wants to become
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February 10, 2016
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1
min
The divine is everywhere
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November 23, 2013
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2
min
Far, far away
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June 22, 2016
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2
min
Don’t tell me there’s no magic…
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May 10, 2016
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2
min
To find your way, get lost
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January 5, 2015
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2
min
Erotic, queer and orgasmic
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May 14, 2013
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1
min
The pain of absolute bliss
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August 14, 2018
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2
min
Vunja!
Articles
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March 18, 2016
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6
min
The dot on my forehead: how we understand the crisis is part of the crisis
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November 27, 2017
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4
min
Humusities: A Short Description
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May 10, 2016
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2
min
Losing ground
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December 1, 2013
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1
min
Where naught is still
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November 26, 2013
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1
min
Rude love
Articles
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October 17, 2017
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7
min
Father to Son
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January 23, 2013
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1
min
Get lost
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March 24, 2019
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2
min
2030.
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November 7, 2018
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1
min
Stopping
Articles
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August 19, 2017
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28
min
Homo Icarus: The Depreciating Value of Whiteness and the Place of Healing
Blog
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April 8, 2015
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5
min
The poetics of the preposterous
Books
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33
min
Finding the Dark: Decolonizing Darkness
Blog
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September 4, 2015
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2
min
Outside story
Blog
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September 7, 2018
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2
min
Knowledge is the alchemical touch of bodies in movement
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December 12, 2013
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1
min
When you are not looking
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May 10, 2016
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1
min
In Gratitude To Monsters
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November 27, 2013
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3
min
The fountain of youth
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May 10, 2016
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2
min
To be wrong
Blog
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November 25, 2015
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1
min
Into the trembling
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May 21, 2018
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2
min
The Future is Beautiful
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April 9, 2015
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1
min
Losing theo-clinical models of wellbeing
Blog
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August 20, 2013
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1
min
No more need for lords
Blog
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March 14, 2016
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7
min
How I’m learning to trust in my failure
Articles
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16
min
The trouble with equality: feminism and the forgotten places of power
Articles
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August 1, 2016
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7
min
Alethea’s Lesson: Queer Homecomings and the Quest for Community
Blog
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July 6, 2013
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2
min
Disintegration
Blog
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November 30, 2013
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1
min
You are not normal
Blog
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September 12, 2015
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2
min
The rebellion of being still
Articles
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August 17, 2019
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70
min
What climate collapse asks of us
Articles
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July 1, 2016
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24
min
This revolution will not be schooled
Blog
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February 10, 2016
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1
min
An orgy of touching
Blog
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August 22, 2015
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2
min
The self is a haptic involution
Articles
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March 11, 2020
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61
min
Coming Down to Earth
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August 23, 2015
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2
min
Life resists categories
Articles
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8
min
To be a proper self is to be beside oneself
Blog
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November 8, 2013
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1
min
At the blink of a new word
Blog
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October 10, 2015
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2
min
Death is the chorus of a thousand life forms
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July 29, 2016
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2
min
Meeting the terrain
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June 22, 2016
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1
min
Blistering barnacles!
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December 2, 2013
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1
min
We are undone
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August 17, 2015
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2
min
This messiness is holy
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November 19, 2013
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1
min
Wanna dance?
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April 2, 2020
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2
min
Anti-humanism
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December 13, 2017
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3
min
Interstellar interruptions
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September 28, 2016
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3
min
The North Dakota Access Pipeline
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November 6, 2016
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3
min
We stood on the rock
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January 2, 2017
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5
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An Irreverent List of Queer Resolutions for 2017
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August 28, 2016
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1
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A little more sky
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Blog
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August 3, 2021
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8
min
How the Real is more fascinating than we can think
Blog
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August 3, 2021
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1
min
A good journey
Blog
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August 3, 2021
·
1
min
New frontiers
Blog
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August 3, 2021
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1
min
Nothing is original
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
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1
min
Musings on postactivism
Articles
·
August 3, 2021
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15
min
How do we respond to crisis?
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
3
min
In the morning, you won’t find me here
Blog
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August 3, 2021
·
3
min
What miracles allude to
Blog
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August 3, 2021
·
2
min
Death unmoored
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
2
min
Bernie is now the more-than-president
Blog
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August 3, 2021
·
5
min
The Scooby Doo Contingency
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
A miracle is…
Articles
·
August 3, 2021
·
21
min
There are no slums in India
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
2
min
A quilt of a thousand rivers
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
2
min
Hacking sustainable development
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
Notes on an intra-active psychology
Articles
·
August 3, 2021
·
18
min
The Surprising Nobility of Shit
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
2
min
Co-personology
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
2
min
Suffering is intrinsically indeterminate
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
2
min
You are home already
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
3
min
Love is all there is
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
3
min
Spectral immigration
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
The soil is a monster
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
2
min
Yanny vs Laurel
Articles
·
August 3, 2021
·
25
min
A Parliament of Things
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
What lies at the edges
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
Decentering…
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
Cry me a river
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
9
min
On thinking out the box
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
On easy villains and noble inflections
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
We are in this together
Articles
·
August 3, 2021
·
18
min
A plea for magic
Articles
·
January 13, 2022
·
22
min
Let’s Meet at the Crossroads
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
2
min
Menstrual wound, cosmic openings
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
Losing shape is queering identity
Articles
·
August 3, 2021
·
5
min
You are not a ‘self’
Articles
·
August 3, 2021
·
10
min
The Phantoms of the Maze
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
2
min
We were never lords
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
Applause
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
The final frontier is no frontier at all
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
2
min
Entanglement
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
4
min
Getting Lost
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
A teenage involution
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
This breach will not be repaired
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
Where the wild things grow
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
3
min
Purpose
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
2
min
Right in the middle of things…
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
Dead ends
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
2
min
The rise of tricksters
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
2
min
Queer lessons with my Daughter [2]
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
4
min
The ordinary is what the extraordinary wants to become
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
The divine is everywhere
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
2
min
Far, far away
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
2
min
Don’t tell me there’s no magic…
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
2
min
To find your way, get lost
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
2
min
Erotic, queer and orgasmic
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
The pain of absolute bliss
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
2
min
Vunja!
Articles
·
August 3, 2021
·
6
min
The dot on my forehead: how we understand the crisis is part of the crisis
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
4
min
Humusities: A Short Description
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
2
min
Losing ground
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
Where naught is still
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
Rude love
Articles
·
August 3, 2021
·
7
min
Father to Son
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
Get lost
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
2
min
2030.
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
Stopping
Articles
·
August 3, 2021
·
28
min
Homo Icarus: The Depreciating Value of Whiteness and the Place of Healing
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
5
min
The poetics of the preposterous
Books
·
August 3, 2021
·
33
min
Finding the Dark: Decolonizing Darkness
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
2
min
Outside story
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
2
min
Knowledge is the alchemical touch of bodies in movement
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
When you are not looking
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
In Gratitude To Monsters
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
3
min
The fountain of youth
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
2
min
To be wrong
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
Into the trembling
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
2
min
The Future is Beautiful
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
Losing theo-clinical models of wellbeing
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
No more need for lords
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
7
min
How I’m learning to trust in my failure
Articles
·
August 3, 2021
·
16
min
The trouble with equality: feminism and the forgotten places of power
Articles
·
August 3, 2021
·
7
min
Alethea’s Lesson: Queer Homecomings and the Quest for Community
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
2
min
Disintegration
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
You are not normal
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
2
min
The rebellion of being still
Articles
·
August 3, 2021
·
70
min
What climate collapse asks of us
Articles
·
August 3, 2021
·
24
min
This revolution will not be schooled
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
An orgy of touching
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
2
min
The self is a haptic involution
Articles
·
August 3, 2021
·
61
min
Coming Down to Earth
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
2
min
Life resists categories
Articles
·
August 3, 2021
·
8
min
To be a proper self is to be beside oneself
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
At the blink of a new word
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
2
min
Death is the chorus of a thousand life forms
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
2
min
Meeting the terrain
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
Blistering barnacles!
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
We are undone
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
2
min
This messiness is holy
Blog
·
August 3, 2021
·
1
min
Wanna dance?
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