This is a phrase I wrote down from Erin Kissane's post a few weeks ago, where she discussed the concept of vernacular institutions. Vernacular institutions as I am thinking of them have three essential qualities: They emerge from highly specific local conditions. They prioritize needs on the ground
We need to see the problem clearly so that we can create a range of solutions that make sense for that particular problem. Of course, there's never just one problem. Everything is always a maze of interlocking problems, of causes and effects, of systems issues and policy issues
A zine about email.
Just for fun, a website celebrating spreadsheets as a means for self-discovery!
About the book A trans man, devastated by infertility, moves to a small town to start over and immediately gets his period back. In this lyrical collection, Finn Schubert explores the liminal spaces between urban and rural, past and present, maleness and menstrual blood, erasures and taking up space. An
A report of the TGNC Families Think Tank.
We can reground ourselves in our lives by seeking out metaphors that actually resonate with us.
It seems to me habits used to be bad. But lately, it's as though they're supposed to be our path to salvation.
A tiny zine about diagrams for clarity of purpose.
How do we recognize the place and geography of the internet, whilst simultaneously recognizing that what we build does not have to map cleanly towards real-world geographies? Call the world you live in something new. What words do we use? What words do we ignore? What words do we