trying to understand histories of organized nonviolence and wondering if Albert Einstein was *more* effective or less effective as a voice for pacifism because he refused to style his hair

i got to talk to my wise and hilarious friend nora about poetry and capitalism for Interview Magazine

rest in power cecilia gentili. ❤️ we will miss your smile, your talent, your wit, and your laugh.

NYPD overtime pay in the subway went from $4M in 2022 to $155M in 2023 and we only saw a 2% drop in major crimes in the subway-- a smaller drop than above ground.

All those officers playing Candy Crush and ticketing kids for fare evasion did nothing.

gothamist.com/news/nypd-over…

pretty sad and angry about the world but i loved waking up to this text

is this what they meant by never again

One of the things I recently learned is that both the FBI and Mossad funded “left wing” Zionist student groups in the US during the late 1960s, such as Radical Zionist Alliance, to counter the then-growing esp Black and Jewish student sentiment against Israel

As part of our tribute to Refaat Alareer on Friday, English PhD students at the CUNY Grad Center put together a booklet of Dr. Alareer's writing among other items. Please circulate and use as you may need. docs.google.com/document/d/1oN…

literally spent 1/3 session of therapy talking about being a vaginal birth after caesarean (and what that meant to my mom) and then, walking out of the consulting room, get this text from Gaines (he/him)

an important detail about this polaroid of me and clare from 2021 (and our writing/publishing journey together) is that we actually became internet friends via twitter in 2013 🥲🥹

has anyone theorized the roots of UK terfmania in the british object relations school (serious q)

Women are the theyfab of the world

new level of trans liberation unlocked: yelping “i’m transgender btw!” with your arms above your head, to the TSA agent right before they turn on the full body scanner

in a meeting w 20+ psychoanalysts and the “superego” truck drives by, no one says anything.

I actually don’t doubt that Zionist students experience fear on campuses. There is such a powerful apparatus contriving that fear for them—literally the president, congress and mainstream Jewish orgs—that makes its experience nothing more than social osmosis, easily abided

giving a talk on saturday in nyc; topics include:
• movies i liked as a 13-year-old
• transfeminine shame
• developmental stages potpourri
• the role of aggression in psychic life
• a lot of things i found on deviant art

come hang if you dare 🖤

this one is so beautiful and hopeful; deep admiration for The Debt Collective 🟥, buying bundled debt for pennies on the dollar and then absolving it.

i think a zionist reply guy just tried to lecture me in the DMs about the middle east

i’m leading a 4-session writing workshop in New York in November, on the theme of political and spiritual awakening ~ i think it will be timely, sweet, and hopefully helpful.

wendyssubway.com/programs/works…?

truly bananas lineup for this reading and then party on November 4th at Pioneer Works ~ come hang w us 🖤