I’d like to take a moment to thank everyone who commented on or liked or otherwise communicated their appreciation for “The Spirit of Violent Lamentation.” I’m glad it touched people in a positive way. Also, it was a complete coincidence that Roxane Gay’s piece on the language of sexual violence went up around the same time. We didn’t know the other was working on a piece about the story. Sometimes this stuff just works out.
I didn’t rant in my piece, but if I had, I hope it would have been this good. Mine would have had f-bombs in it, for sure.
If you’re a political official and you don’t like the way the media is covering your city, this probably isn’t the best way to handle it.
Ever wondered why felons lose their right to vote in some states? Here’s a brief history, and I’ll give you a hint–it has to do with the end of the Civil War, and the right to vote being granted to former slaves.
If you use the Chrome browser (and really, why don’t you?), you can add this extension to genderswap the internet. It’s an interesting exercise.
Yeah, that’s a pretty boring comic book action sequence.
