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I’m Queer, and I’m Terrified

8 min readDec 7, 2022

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Things that Killed my Brother, Vol. One: Our Jacked-Up Bootstrap Mentality

TW/CW: addiction, drugs, shame, NSFW language

7 min readOct 3, 2019

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Two worn-out black boots hang from chains against a greyish background

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What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Abuse

CW: domestic abuse, child sexual assault/rape, addiction

9 min readOct 3, 2023

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What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Abuse

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I Kind of Understand Why My Friend Is a Covid Anti-Vaxxer, Even Though It Makes Me Want to Scream…

When I got my second Covid vaccine shot, I was psyched to be able to see friends and be in public again without worrying that I was going…

7 min readSep 28, 2021

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Serotonin-Free Cooking!

We’ve all been there — it’s almost noon, you’ve been tapping at your work laptop for three hours, and your stomach has given way from…

2 min readMar 16, 2021

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A sink and counter full of dirty dishes that are still molding in the author’s house.

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Why the Hell Can’t Leftists Just Get Behind Joe Biden?

I’ve always been a bit of a raincloud. When I was a little kid, adults described me as “somber.” I went 90s-goth as soon as I hit puberty…

7 min readNov 1, 2020

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Person in cowboy hat and red shirt walking past a tent with a big sign reading “PRESIDENT TRUMP IS COMING”

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RBG and the Need for Systemic Change

I haven’t said much of anything online, really, about Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the light of her passing. Despite my rabid, loud feminism…

3 min readSep 24, 2020

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Mona Eltahawy tweet reading “if your democracy is jeopardized by the death of one person, then your democracy is a failure”

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Leftist Myth-Busting!

“Not EVERYTHING is about capitalism.”

7 min readAug 17, 2020

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Activist of color stands outside Westminster Abbey holding a sign reading “The social contract was broken”

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WTF Are You Even Talking About? An Annotated Leftist Glossary

I’m a leftist. I wear it on my sleeve. Though my beliefs have evolved over time, I’ve believed in the tenets of Marxism for actual decades…

9 min readFeb 3, 2020

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A handmade sticker reading “No war but class war” on a utility pole.

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The Socioeconomic Privilege Backpack, Because “Knapsack” Sounds Like a Rich Kid Thing

Thirty years ago, Peggy McIntosh wrote her now-famous essay, White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack. Though the essay is three…

7 min readJul 13, 2019

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The Socioeconomic Privilege Backpack, Because “Knapsack” Sounds Like a Rich Kid Thing

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River Baird

River Baird

Cottagecore communist. Intersectional feminist. Obsessed with issues of food and body, socioeconomic class, gender, and sexuality. they/them

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