Populism, pretension, contradictions, land-use laws, Sour Skittles, nutritional yeast, gift economies, the secondary market, thick drones, subtle gunts, impossible love.
"After 34 years with LTV Steel I was forced to retire because of a disability. Two years later, LTV filed bankruptcy. I lost a third of my pension and my family lost their health care.Every day of my life I sit at the kitchen table across from the woman who devoted 36 years of her life to my family and I can’t afford to pay for her health care. What’s wrong with America and what will you do to change it?" - Steve Skvara, retired LTV steelworker at the AFL-CIO Presidential Forum
Kate Bush, Betty Davis, Pauline Oliveros, Leslie Keffer, and other weird women.
"I have a recurring dream where I'm a stand-up comedian. I'm standing on a stage with a blue spotlight on me, talking. I begin by telling jokes. Gradually, I begin to justify my life. I can't quite see the audience. The light becomes more and more intense. I can't remember what I say. I usually end up crying. " - John Fortune, creative supervisor for an advertising agency, from "Working" by Studs Terkel.