Poetry in performance is about the full body on the stage. The tremor in the poet’s hands, their voice shaking, their mismatched socks.

[Rather] than leaving these spaces feeling that the traumatic event has been adequately addressed, [a trauma metaphysic remains].

For many, words are sacrosanct only insofar as they are bluntly instrumental.  They must be instantly efficacious, dense as a rock...

Elaina Erola won the Maria Spiridonova Remembered Writing Contest with her essay "What Their Spirits Know," but check out the runners-up!

The elite decide who and how many will be remembered, and who and how many will be forgotten. 

The place for Native American women is treacherous. We no longer live on the battlefield fighting our enemies, but...

Upholding principles then becomes integral to BDSM as it is part of social reality. This immediately indicts sadism as being open-ended...

Given the intricate interplay between alexithymia and dissociation, PAQ-S emerges as a potentially powerful tool [for working with DID].

In 2023, amid groundbreaking advancements, we're still debating the ethics of delivering electric shocks to children.

This idea challenges traditional ethical frameworks, from Plato’s forms to the consequentialist ethics of Bentham, to Kant's imperative.

Suppose this script is a consequence not of a logical exploration of the Mattel Barbie and Ken dyad but an ideological propagation.

Delve into mental health complexities, reinstitutionalization, and transformative therapies. Explore hope, dignity, and inclusive care.

If virtue signaling were an Olympic sport, Stephen Pearl Andrews would be surprised if Mark Nowak's Social Politics didn't win gold.

Volunteering for our communities, a time honored practice. Elizabeth Wadsworth Ellis explores how we spend our time with these snapshots.

Part 6 of the Memoirs Of A Bearcat series. Time has passed since the events that transpired at Turtle Island in October 2016.

Nobody is beyond reproach, not even the gay community. Paul Smit explores the darkness of coping mechanisms within the gay community.

Gregg Williard's "Dim Bulbs" is an enquiry in words and drawings into right-wing "strategized" or "weaponized" stupidity

Steven Pearl Andrews thinks more texts should be bannable. Find out why!

The state doesn't care about you. And it doesn't care about your children. Find out why the u.s. formula shortage is grounds for revolution.

Part 5 of the Memoirs Of A Bearcat series dealing with the recuperation efforts of Standing Rock organizers and their resistance efforts.