The Sick Society

The Sick Society

When historian Kathryn Olivarius published her 2019 article, “Immunity, Capital, and Power in Antebellum New Orleans” in the American Historical Review, she didn’t know just how pertinent her study of the social ramifications of epidemic disease in class society would be. By the time she published 

The Origin of Money

The Origin of Money

The Amazing BBC podcast on the origins of money. In this episode, anthropologist David Graeber explores the origin of money. Defining money is a surprisingly tricky task. We use it all the time and yet, even among economists, there’s no consensus about what money actually 

Bastard Children Of A Slaughtering Empire

Bastard Children Of A Slaughtering Empire

I woke into world the bastard child of a slaughtering Empire. I woke into world in an old Shawnee town, but I am not Shawnee, and the town is their ghost. The town, in Shawnee, is called Chalawgatha, which is also the name of the band 

On the death of my family’s dairy farm

On the death of my family’s dairy farm

by Abe Voelker For a taste of what the near future looks like, Wal-Mart already began bottling their own milk, shutting down over 100 dairy producers in the process. As for the distant future, I imagine it will look similar to the consolidation in other livestock 

You are a commodity to those in power.

You are a commodity to those in power.

You are a commodity to those in power. You are worthless to them. That is why they are developing AI and robots, so they can be rid of you and your complaining. Remember the past and how your treated your ancestors.

Stories of Storks

Stories of Storks

So I saw this National Geographic photo of a stork. The guy who took the picture pulled the bag off the stork. I personally dislike the photo because I feel the image conveys underlying messages that separates humans from the natural world. So I started