I am so happy to share that my first philosophy article was published today by Philosophia: "Different Skies: Queerness and the Philosophy of Accidentality"! This article deals with Mexican exstentialism, queer theory, epistemic injustice, and mental health.
FWIW ‘darkle’ is a near-antonym of ‘sparkle.’
‘Darkle’ has three meanings:
-"to become clouded or gloomy"
-"to grow dark"
-"to become concealed in the dark"
I started reading Izumi Suzuki's Terminal Boredom, and I am so enthralled: so funny, so sad ... a wonderful practitioner of the terrifyingly beautiful absurd!
https://t.co/rlvryM1KGV
I just had the amazing opportunity to participate in a fiction workshop in Dublin! I am so thankful to my wonderful peers, my mentor Carol Goodman, and to Writing Workshops for organizing this experience. Ireland was lovely, and I am honored to have learned so much.
The dance of death
illustration from a manuscript of the "totentanz" by wilhelm werner von zimmern, swabia, c. 1575
source: Stuttgart, Landesbibl., Cod. Donaueschingen 123, fol. 84v
Happy birthday, Karl Marx!
Marx was born on this day 208 years ago. His work helps us not only understand capitalism but fight for a world free of exploitation and domination.
Here's a thread of some of our many writings on Marx and his legacy 🧵