In crisis, is art really nonessential?
Cutting Room Floor
Art is what has gotten our species through the most trying of times, and this year is shaping up to be one for the history books.
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Gaming through the apocalypse
In a world that seems to constantly spiral out of control, video games are one of the greatest artistic tools I have for expressing agency in my own life.
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Reading Thoreau in quarantine
Worm memories
In the past two days, I’ve eaten two frozen pizzas and woken up past noon because I stayed up playing video games after my work shift. How’s that for living deliberately?
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Unreliable narrators
Worm memories
I’ll be the first to admit it: I make things up when I tell stories.
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How nice is sugar and spice?
Fresh off the BART
This disastrous miscarriage of health management is built upon a health care industry that too often caricatures its patients and treats them with a one-size-fits-all mindset.
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Fashion tips for history majors
Worm memories
My fashion choices are neither bold political statements nor radical affirmations of identity, and I doubt I’ve started any trends that will go down in history.
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Ysolda from Skyrim, my one true love
Worm memories
I wonder: Do you share these dreams? I can see it forming in your mind, a world in which you are the hero with a sword in one hand and a mammoth tusk in the other.
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Out of sight, out of body
Worm memories
The relationship between me and my image has less to do with a want of beauty — although I would be lying if I said this wasn’t a factor — and more to do with a want of context.
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Love letters and other primary sources
Worm memories
My favorite thing about love letters isn’t the sentiment or the craft, however — it’s the generality.
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The soundtrack to losing my dad
I initially came to terms with the tragedy in the best way I know how: I made a Spotify playlist.
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