An October Manifesto: a Life in Empire Essay
We can learn from past mistakes. We can stop operating out of sheer ego-protection and fear. We can choose to not preference the making...
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T. Thorn Coyle
Sep 16, 2017
The Scent of Pine: on life in Empire
Every day it’s one more thing. Sometimes several things at a time. Fire. Flooding. Death. Disease. Poverty. Injustice. Corruption....
T. Thorn Coyle
Aug 15, 2017
From Safer Shores…
From safer shores we watch the torch’s flame America, your grace was ever fraught. Founded on blood and genocide and greed. America,...
T. Thorn Coyle
Jul 23, 2017
Reparations Are Not Enough: Thoughts on Inequity and Justice
“The top 10% of families own 75.3% of the nation’s wealth. The bottom half of families own 1.1% of it. The families squished in between...
T. Thorn Coyle
Jul 8, 2017
Set Free the Past: an essay on regret
Regrets. Sorrow. Anger. Pain. And Breath. An inhalation that tells us this moment, right now, is new. Heraclitus said, “You can’t step in...
T. Thorn Coyle
Jun 10, 2017
The Photograph: On the Banality of Racism
Among her things were some photographs from my father. Photos from his enlisted days. World War Two. Men on military equipment. Men...
T. Thorn Coyle
Apr 28, 2017
Stoking the Fires of Creativity in Times of Doom: Life in Empire
– Tananarive Due Baby steps are hard. But they are deeply important to take. A friend asked recently if I was feeling extra anxiety...
T. Thorn Coyle
Mar 11, 2017
Sexism is Making Me Sick(er)
Sexism is real. As a gender-nonconforming, female-presenting person living in the US, I know this. I’ve seen it time and time again,...
T. Thorn Coyle
Feb 25, 2017
Solidarity Becomes Our Resistance: Thoughts on Confronting Empire
People complied. Now, I wasn’t there, so perhaps some of them questioned what was happening, but as far as I know, every person showed...
T. Thorn Coyle
Jan 26, 2017
Our Joy Continues to Shine: More Thoughts on Empire
How to live in late capitalism, in the midst of climate change, political upheaval, and the fading of empire? Say fuck you. Say bless...
T. Thorn Coyle
May 15, 2016
In Need of Beauty
I started writing a different piece this month. Halfway through an essay on how everyday racism bubbles up among good people, I stopped....
T. Thorn Coyle
Nov 10, 2015
Until There is Justice: Thoughts on Community
“We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community.” – Dorothy...
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