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On reading, and striving to live, above grade level.
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Designing for trans equality.
A case study of Giorgia Lupi and Pentagram's brand design for Advocates for Trans Equality.
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Kyle Ranson-Walsh
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March 2024

Branding for equality.
In 1995, a fledgling organization hired a new executive director, who called on her former Apple colleagues seeking a rebrand. Their design…
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Kyle Ranson-Walsh
Thank you, Judith.
Welcome to the Judith Butler discussion group.
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The Library (of Congress) is open. 📖
Writing on this gorgeous early spring Sunday afternoon from my neighborhood country western gay pub. It is not lost on this Southern queer how…
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Waving from the stacks, tunnels, and 28th floor.
Taking a quick bio break to reintroduce myself.
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Who gets to march on Washington?
Writing from the road, again. More accurately, writing while seated backward on the Northeast Regional rail corridor. The pre-spring, mostly leafless…
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February 2024

Aim towards the light
I debuted the newsletter’s current aesthetic a year ago to coincide with a name change and the essay 17 Reasons for Being Alive. The design was always…
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Merrily Flying Along
"It's our time, breathe it in: Worlds to change and worlds to win"
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The joys of court-ordered gender affirmation
... and the cruelty of forced bureaucratic disclosure
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Searching for liberation in The Times.
Deep breath. Pamela Paul reentered the chat.
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January 2024

"Who is Kate?"
On living with my she's-not-dead name.
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