Feb 27Blogging into the void.Content warning: suicide and death. Edited 03 March 2023: My dear friend Hasi is fortunately quite loved. Her buddy Anu created a GoFundMe for her. Please consider donating and/or sharing to your networks Edited 17 March 2023: Hasi’s GoFundMe met its goal! I have removed the link to the URL. Thank you so much to those who contributed, and please: Be kind to one another. body text: I suspect I may lose a friend to suicide soon.Suicide3 min readSuicide3 min read
Dec 8, 2022Can’t Say “No”I feel that much more needs to be said about the inability to refuse. When the only options available to someone is compliance or death (whether that be physical or cultural/societal), the “option” of compliance becomes coercion. Take, for instance, me. I am safe, I am loved, and I am…Capitalism4 min readCapitalism4 min read
Nov 4, 2022“Civilization,” the demonization of small scale subsistence agriculture, and White SupremacyA few weeks ago, the Internet Outrage Machine caught me in its gears. Someone smugly posted about how Cool and Great mankind (i.e., Western Civilization) is, and of course, I have Opinions. I came across it a few weeks ago, and it’s been annoying me ever since. Check it out:Colonialism8 min readColonialism8 min read
Oct 11, 2022Poverty and thingsSo. Update: stuff is getting increasingly dicey. As per usual, here’s the transcript: just reiterating: I don’t want donations or tips. I need job. We live in a capitalist post-industrial dystopia, and I need to keep building my Reputation and/or get something steady. Please direct me towards any possibilities. My…Poverty9 min readPoverty9 min read
Oct 7, 2022Class, money, and surviving in the Global SouthThoughts from a poor little rich girl — Before I start, I’d like to put a lampshade on who I presume my readers to be. You are likely to be someone who is well educated, who is in a comfortable position in your career, but who is hungry to advance. You are probably from either the Global North…11 min read11 min read
Oct 6, 2022On Depression, Privilege, and Fitness to WorkBelow are a series of screenshots of a blog entry newly-30 me wrote in early 2017. What follows are some late 2022 thoughts.Depressio6 min readDepressio6 min read
May 30, 2022Humanning in an inhumane worldNote: A friend suggested that this essay is challenging to digest, and that I could break it down into a minimum of two articles for easier reading. I’d fully intended to do so, but then realized that I’d used up all of my energy just writing this in the first…Climate Catastrophe7 min readClimate Catastrophe7 min read
Mar 17, 2022Co-opting radical justice work for fun and profit(edited to add: Here’s a link to a YouTube video of me reading this article aloud in case you’d prefer to listen rather than read.) So. Today, I received this email:Disenfranchisement5 min readDisenfranchisement5 min read
Mar 5, 2022Reflections on the New Bataan 5 massacreOn the 24th of February 2022 in New Bataan, Davao de Oro, two drivers, a community health worker, and two teachers were murdered by the Armed Forces of the Philippines. The party line goes: “they were killed in a firefight against the New People’s Army (the armed wing of the…New Bataan 52 min readNew Bataan 52 min read
Jun 7, 2021The UN’s Imperial Food Systems Summit is the #worstfilmever1392Samantha SuppiahKudos!!! This is a really clear, concise point-by-point discussion of Food Justice versus the…Kudos!!! This is a really clear, concise point-by-point discussion of Food Justice versus the UNFSS, and I couldn't have said it better myself! I'd just like to add a couple more references for folks who'd like to inform themselves a little more: The Oakland Institute (https://www.oaklandinstitute.org/sustainable-food-systems), and GRAIN (https://grain.org/) Your use of media consumption as an analogue for the UNFSS is a great touch, I loved it!1 min read1 min read
