Butcher Knives at the Ready
For many years, I tried to civilize myself.
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Join NOW!For many years, I tried to civilize myself.
...moreMy Filipino father refused to be upstaged by a white man’s lechon.
...moreThe ethnic conflict wears me down. I am tired of being put in boxes, tired of explaining why I don’t fit. I sleep less and less.
...moreOn The Butter, Syed Ali Hader writes about his complicated relationship with pork: I thought I would be found out. It was in my hair, my nails, and sweating through my pores. Surely my parents could smell it on me. And then they would want some. How could they turn it down? I knew that […]
...moreCall me a Philistine, but I felt Howard Zinn’s death way more than J.D. Salinger’s. Here’s some links for your Saturday morning. Dahlia Lithwick examines the contradictions and contortions KBR is going through to keep Jamie Leigh Jones from having her day in court–including going to court over it. Louisiana Senator David Vitter dares the […]
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