Greetings everyone,
Here’s what I’m reading right now:
Prisoners, Doctors, and the Battle Over Trans Medical Care
Those who are incarcerated are suing for their right to gender confirmation surgery—if deemed necessary. Meet the psychiatrist who almost always says it's not.
The Olympics don’t just harm black athletes — they rip apart black communities in Olympic host cities as well.
Let’s look at LA84 for an example. 🧵
Scientology’s Lonely Turf War: And how the left learned to love psychiatry
United in Rage: Half-truths and myths propelled Kentucky’s war on opioids
Cool resources:
Important Art:
Banned from my favorite Wine and Paint class because I kept getting blackout drunk on Pinot then painting “Saturn Devouring His Son”.
My thoughts on “Cat Person,” in a nutshell, will perhaps elaborate in subs newsletter:
how eerie it must be to write something to reclaim a narrative and watch countless strangers render you into a version closest to their platonic ideal, their understanding, their own needs and desires untangled through the small glimpse of yourself you've offered up to the world
I wrote about the phenomenon of the stories we tell about ourselves and each other in my book, if you are so inclined to read more:
And here of course is my dog:
Much love,
Shelby + Clem