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October 2020

October 30, 2020

A Word Before the Drop: On Politics, Ethics, and Compassion

We're on the even of the most important election of our lifetimes, one that literally...

October 01, 2019

Poking Bears, Striking Nerves: Talking to White Pagans about Racism (Some More)

Here are a few things I’ve noticed about talking with white Pagans about racism. These...

October 29, 2018

On Self-Preservation, Pragmatism, Politics, and Power

The US midterm elections, possibly the most important elections any of us have ever lived...

July 2018

July 10, 2018

The Agenda I’m Advancing: Some Thoughts on Tolerance, Bigotry, and Discourse

We all have agendas, because we all have worlds in which we want to live,...

June 2018

June 26, 2018

The Long Haul: Managing the Everyday Magic of Resistance

You have the right and the responsibility to say, "This is what I'm working on,...

June 21, 2018

A World Turned Upside Down: On Politics, Power, Gods, Judgment, and History

I can tell someone why they should care, but I can't make them care. At...

March 2018

March 15, 2018

We Can Be Heroes: Some Thoughts in the Wake of #NationalSchoolWalkoutDay

We live in a world on fire, and we cannot wait for a hero to...

November 2017

November 29, 2017

Kings, Queens, Dukes, and Lords: The Perils of Hegemony in Pagan and Polytheistic Praxis

...we are often forced either to adapt the myths and symbols the past to meet...

November 11, 2017

The Veil of Ignorance: Reclaiming Our Power, Understanding Our Privilege

"...we're responsible for what's done with our power, whether we claim it or deny it....

November 08, 2017

The Politics of (Spiral) Dancing, and Giving Away Your Power

What we call "politics" is, like any other realm of human endeavor, a way in...

November 03, 2017

Apoliticality and Other Comfortable Lies We Tell Ourselves

Politics is, in short, another word for talking about and negotiating power... and if I've...

August 2017

August 18, 2017

Start as You Mean to Go On: A Prelude for the Work to Come

This wasn't supposed to be my first post. I was going to introduce myself and...

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