So, yesterday was the new year according to the HMEPA calendar — I did an hour and fifteen minutes of ritual, and my apartment still smells like frankincense incense and oil. I prayed to the Horai for their blessings in 699.3 (because we all need that right now), alongside gods I worship on a personal basis, … Continue reading Reflections on Social Media
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Soft Skills Aren’t “Sexy”: Whom We Befriend and Make Our Allies Matters.
At sixteen and seventeen, I took 200- and 300-level college history courses in East Asian and Russian History. I chose those classes because my high school's treatment of world history was severely lacking. Our history teacher kept getting shipped out to Afghanistan for combat, so my sophomore year had been spent oscillating between him and … Continue reading Soft Skills Aren’t “Sexy”: Whom We Befriend and Make Our Allies Matters.
On Lighting a Candle
Some comments on the anti-Muslim ban and the evangelical Christianity in our government right now. 😱
On States, Athene, and Dystopia
This essay is primarily about Athene and statehood, but it's also a series of reflections on the place of an individual in non-ideal political systems.
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