And was there a reason my daughter could come out to us earlier than my son? Something to do with a specifically masculine form or homophobia. Something to do with how homophobia and toxic masculinity are wound up together. Was this maybe something I communicated inadvertently to my son?
Author Archives: John Halstead
Questions for the End of the World
I want to know if you are willing to live, day by day, with the consequence of love and the bitter unwanted passion of your sure defeat.
A Critique of Octavia Butler’s “Destiny”
“The Destiny of Earthseed is to take root among the stars.” — Parable of the Sower (1993) by Octavia Butler Editor’s Note: This is a shortened version of a longer essay titled “The Most Dangerous Story Ever Told: Ecological Collapse, Progress, and Human Destiny”, which includes a review of Christopher Nolan’s film Interstellar. You canContinue reading “A Critique of Octavia Butler’s “Destiny””
The Most Dangerous Story Ever Told: Environmental Collapse, Progress, and Human Destiny
As time goes on, more and more of my daily news feed consists of reports of ecological collapse: fires, hurricanes, floods, droughts. It’s increasingly easy to believe the earth is telling us to leave.
Growing is Asking Different Questions
Maybe being a part of religious community means, not necessarily having the same answers, but having the same questions.
What I Left on the Road
This is intended as a creative way to explore the stages by which our civilized identity may be shed during a period of civilizational collapse.
We won’t be the first civilization to collapse — but we may well be the last
“Our civilization’s collapse will be unique in size, magnified by the destructive force of our fossil fuel-driven industrial society. But it will replicate the familiar patterns of collapse that toppled civilizations of the past.”
Here’s What YOU Can Do to Stop Collapse
Nothing. Seriously. Not a goddamn thing.
Collapse and the Stages of Grief
For many people, finding out about the inevitable collapse of civilization is like getting diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Collapse 101, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Kali Yuga
I’m sorry to say that I have some bad news for you: Civilization is collapsing.
Another End of the World is Possible 