Y’all ever watch Cold Case? Before I get into it—this essay is about the trial of a simple nonbinary ask: “please don’t call me girl.” I remember, when I was 13 years old, I watched this cold case episode about a 16 year old girl named Sam, whose murder case was reopened because it was suspected she may have been murdered for dressing like a boy.  I purposely chose not to rewatch the episode cause I want to remember what the “me” from that age, saw.  And tell you. So, the inv

You know who also hated individualism ?  William Luther Pierce, one of the founding fathers of the American Neo Nazi movement. Well, let me back it up.  I’m talking about how diluted political language is used to discipline refusal and extract labor from the vulnerable among marginalized groups, using the latest pop-leftist term that is all the rage: “Rugged Individualism.” The first time I heard of “rugged individualism” was 10 years ago, taking a final for my third-year gov

I want to talk about what I’d like to call “the ABCs of oppression.” This is my own personal model of explaining and understanding deputization of oppressed groups, to “do the dirty work” for further oppressed groups (usually subgroups.) How this story goes: you have Group B, that is oppressed by Group A.  Group B has every right to fight against Group A in hopes of stopping its tyranny.  But then, a phenomenon occurs: Group A offers Group B a consolation prize.  To quell Gro

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