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The café I’m writing in is playing Johnny Cash’s masterful cover of Trent Reznor’s classic song, “Hurt.” It reminds me of an Oxford Goth...
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T. Thorn Coyle
Jul 14, 2019
Fighting Fascists in a Gilded Age
We’re in it. This is our King Leopold time. This is our Adolf Hitler time. This is our General Custer time. This is our Henry Kissinger...
T. Thorn Coyle
Jun 28, 2019
What is Pride?
What is pride: When Black women are killed on the street? When trans women die in concentration camps? When indigenous women and girls...
T. Thorn Coyle
May 11, 2019
In Sickness & In Health
We can commit to ourselves, too. As a matter of fact, we must. Too many of us are dying. And not the dying that feels like the natural...
T. Thorn Coyle
Apr 7, 2019
(F*ck the) Law of Attraction
You create your own reality. Change your mind and change your life. You attract what you put out. Half-truths, dangerous half-truths....
T. Thorn Coyle
Mar 11, 2019
Legacies of Failure and Success
I don’t fully trust people who live a life with no regrets. How do they learn? I wonder. Have they never stumbled? Fallen? Have they...
T. Thorn Coyle
Dec 4, 2018
In Memoriam: A Poem
for George H.W. Bush, written December, 2018 In Memoriam, Part I Even though I know The government is ––And always has been–– Filled with...
T. Thorn Coyle
Nov 18, 2018
I Am Not (Just) Pro-Choice
In the late 1980s, I did clinic defense, escorting frightened people ––some couples, some on their own–– past screaming, self-righteous...
T. Thorn Coyle
Oct 29, 2018
The Sweet Angel of Revolution: a Vegas Tale
“The sweet angel of revolution whispering in your ear. What does that sound like? I don’t know. I don’t believe in angels. But if I did,...
T. Thorn Coyle
Oct 17, 2018
Be Brave: Though it Will Not Save the World
There are long arcs of evolution, the rise and fall of empires and species, the birthing and dying of stars. We cannot know the larger...
T. Thorn Coyle
Sep 28, 2018
Let the Evil Be Revealed
Let the evil be revealed. Let its name be shouted from high places. Let it be whispered in the lowest, darkest corner. Let the evil be...
T. Thorn Coyle
Sep 15, 2018
Nothing in Capitalism is Clean: On Making Art in Empire
*** “Under capitalism we are all for sale, and most labor is grossly underpaid.” –– Maggie Mayhem Nothing in this world is clean....
T. Thorn Coyle
Aug 1, 2018
August
image by Candiix/Pixabay Tailtiu cleared the plains So crops would grow. She died, exhausted from her labor. But the land flourished, and...
T. Thorn Coyle
Apr 14, 2018
I Was a Social Justice Asshole: or How I Learned to Hate White Supremacy and Love the Bomb*
There are two essays I’ve been meaning to write for awhile. The first is one on my history (and present?) as an SJ Asshole. The second is...
T. Thorn Coyle
Mar 13, 2018
Don’t Drink the Kool-Aid
I’ve been dancing around this essay for months. It isn’t about any one person, group, or event. It’s about years of study. Years of...
T. Thorn Coyle
Feb 10, 2018
To Clear the Way: on Need, Want, & Desire
What do you need to pay the rent? What do you need to feel healthy? What do you need to laugh again? What do you need to take care of...
T. Thorn Coyle
Dec 31, 2017
Don’t Give Up on Love
One thing 2017 taught me was this: Don’t give up on love. 2017 was a hard year. A bewildering year. It was a year when chaos took the...
T. Thorn Coyle
Dec 16, 2017
Feeding the Gods of Hope
We stagger toward the longest night, some of us shivering, the blare of false cheer in our ears and debt lining our pockets. These are,...
T. Thorn Coyle
Nov 18, 2017
Tear it Down: Assault, Violence, & Healing in Empire
It’s been a rough and traumatic few weeks, following a rough and traumatic year, following a rough and traumatic several decades, or...
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