The Only Real Sport
| culture | 1,922 words
TAGS: personal essay, Cultural Criticism, Media Criticism, sports
Romance and Mythology in Mixed-Martial Arts and the Ultimate Fighting Championship
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No, Smiling Friends WON'T Become the Next Rick and Morty
| culture | 2,030 words
TAGS: personal essay, Cultural Criticism, Media Criticism
That's the Whole Point
10 Ways to Write Like the 90's
| writing-craft | 2,445 words
TAGS: personal essay, Cultural Criticism, Digital Culture, Writing Process
Using the Methods of Journalists from the Past to Inspire Your Writing Today
I Started Listening To Justin Vernon In Grade School. Now, He's Retiring As I Turn 30.
| culture | 3,179 words
TAGS: personal essay, music
Growing Up With Bon Iver
What does it mean to be a good editor?
| writing-craft | 1,780 words
TAGS: personal essay, Writing Process, publishing
Accessibility, Gatekeeping, and Who Gets to be Published
Fandom is Awesome. Furries are Awesome. Bronies are Awesome. Cringe is Awesome. Fuck You.
| personal-favourites, culture | 2,670 words
TAGS: personal essay, community, Cultural Criticism, Digital Culture
What is cringe? The feeling when you see somebody deeply love something you don't understand.
Move to a Better Internet in 2026.
| indieweb | 1,897 words
TAGS: personal essay, Digital Culture, Social Media, technical, Medium, IndieWeb
Why You (yes, you) Should Join Medium, Tumblr, and NeoCities.
You will never do anything productive or meaningful with your life.
| personal-favourites, lyric-essays | 1,921 words
TAGS: personal essay, philosophy, productivity
The liberation of realizing you can't waste your time.
The Three Times the World Nearly Ended
| personal-favourites, history | 2,200 words
TAGS: personal essay, politics, History
Ordinary people chose to do the right thing and saved us all. We barely remember them.
I wrote two dozen articles on Medium in November. It made me a living wage.
| 2,766 words
TAGS: personal essay, Medium, productivity, publishing
What I've learned getting out of my own way.
Tough, but Fair: How to Elevate Your Craft from Blogging to Literary Journalism
| writing-craft | 4,912 words
TAGS: Literary Journalism, personal essay, Writing Process, publishing
On independence, integrity, and telling the truth beautifully. (featuring Better Call Saul and Homestuck?)
Steal My Work
| personal-favourites | 2,194 words
TAGS: personal essay, Creative Process, Writing Process
An Invitation to Theft, A Refusal of Authorship, and Why Your Name Matters Less Than Your Message
THE ART OF THE MICROESSAY
| personal-favourites, lyric-essays | 1,658 words
TAGS: personal essay, Creative Writing, Writing Process
29 Examples to Get You Started!
We've Known About Thomas King for Over Ten Years.
| indigenous | 3,058 words
TAGS: Academic Writing, Indigenous Writing, Social Justice, Literature, Media Criticism, politics
How do we reckon with Canada's Pretendian problem?
The Misdirection
| politics | 2,062 words
TAGS: personal essay, Writing Process, politics
An Open Letter to Conservatives
Did Joan Westenberg memoryhole Web3 NFTs?
| personal-favourites | 3,398 words
TAGS: Digital Culture, Media Criticism, politics, technical, Medium
There's a lot to the forgotten past of Medium's most successful writer.
A Love Letter to Public Transit
| personal-favourites, community | 1,962 words
TAGS: personal essay, community, Social Commentary, Urban Planning
Did you know it's actually better than driving?
Community Will Save Your Life
| politics, community | 3,741 words
TAGS: personal essay, community, Mental Health, Social Commentary
But You Must Allow Yourself to Be Annoyed and Practice the Radical Work of Staying
My Best Advice for Medium Writers with No Followers
| writing-craft | 2,305 words
TAGS: personal essay, Writing Process, Medium, publishing
My Experience with Medium's Writers Circle
THE INERTIA EFFECT: Stop Optimizing
| writing-craft | 2,549 words
TAGS: personal essay, productivity
Writers that write badly instead of plan extremely well are... better writers?