Towards a Discussion of Male Self-Hatred

The internal logic of this value system, in other words, is less about protecting my sister than it is about protecting my claim to status within the male hierarchy that is a central part of patriarchy’s infrastructure.

paid-only post 04 Jul

Four by Four #56

Four Things To Read, Four Things To See, Four Things To Listen To, and Four Things About Me

26 Jun

On My Desk Now - “Finger Exercises” and The Question of Received Forms in Poetry

paid-only post 19 Jun

The Source of War

I would never have been able to articulate it this way back then, but I was struggling with the question of whether and how I could resist the militarization of my imagination.

12 Jun

Domestic Violence Has Been A Thread Running Through My Life

I am sure that every man reading this recognizes the ethic out of which that threat emerges. Not only had I violated another man’s “territory;” I had done so in a way that explicitly questioned his sovereignty within those boundaries.

paid-only post 05 Jun

From Saadi’s Bustan: A Ghūrid Tyrant Reformed by A Courageous Peasant

A Poem from 13th Century Iran

29 May

Four by Four #55

Four Things To Read, Four Things To See, Four Things To Listen To, and Four Things About Me

22 May

From Saadi’s Bustan: The Selfish Man and the Baghdad Fire

A Weekly Poem from 13th Century Iran

20 May

On My Desk Now: Some Tentative Thoughts on Confronting Antisemitism in America

Last week, I attended an anti-antisemitism training workshop in my neighborhood cosponsored by Malkhut and Jews for Racial and

paid-only post 15 May

From Saadi’s Bustan: A Noble Man Suffers With The Victims of a Famine

A Weekly Poem from 13th Century Iran

13 May

Of Note: May 11, 2026

A weekly roundup of articles about what’s going on in the world that you might not otherwise be reading.

11 May

Sometimes Resisting Means Recommitting Yourself To What You’re Already Doing

Over the last four years that I’ve been reading the statement, however, and especially since the beginning of Donald Trump’s second term, it has become an affirmation that gathering as we do every month is itself a form of resistance that we should not take for granted.

08 May