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Last Sunday in June. (2024)
This is a lot less than a well-crafted essay and much more of a wellness check. I’m still here trying to stay creative and joyful despite a heaviness…
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Thank you, Judith.
Welcome to the Judith Butler discussion group.
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The Love Report
On reading, and striving to live, above grade level.
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Everyone is aware, now what?
Post-election grief on this Transgender Day of Remembrance
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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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Merrily Flying Along
"It's our time, breathe it in: Worlds to change and worlds to win"
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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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Designing for trans equality.
A case study of Giorgia Lupi and Pentagram's brand design for Advocates for Trans Equality.
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🎆 Bye, 2023.
See you next year!
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Emotional snowstorms ❄️
The forecast, friends, is worrisome; but we can keep each other warm.
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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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4 ways to make yourself heard, publicly.
Even when no one—or DOGE—is listening.
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