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Mar 15, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
So much of the discourse about EEAAO being reductive because it focuses on the importance of being kind and good in the spite of it all reminds me of when I went to a Black alumni conference at Princeton back in 2015 and Toni Morrison was there… 🧵
She was being interviewed on stage and she said that evil doesn’t interest her as much as goodness. Goodness is what has made her think more deeply and critically because evil can be done quite easily.
Ursula Le Guin echoes this too. Evil can be banal. What is wrong with good?
Sep 8, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
When the "Don't Say Gay" bill went into effect, I questioned how this legislation affects LGBTQ+ record keeping.
I spoke to the Executive Director of Florida's Stonewall National Museum & Archives and leading historians to report the stakes:
morganjerkins.substack.com/p/dont-say-gay…
Robert Kesten, Executive Director of Florida's Stonewall National Museum & Archives, speaks about how the safety measures have changed since the "Don't Say Gay" bill went into effect:
