letter to john lewis; 2007. i began my second read of his book, "walking with the wind," the day after his passing. the first time i've done any such thing. his death was not a surprise, really, having seen the footage of him at black lives matter plaza in d.c. he'd looked so small that … Continue reading walking with the wind – as america burns.
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voices – fear & loathing as america burns.
uc berkeley black student union march, berkeley, ca; 6 june 2020. i don't know about you, but the last four weeks have felt to me like our american acid trip of terror's kicked into a fucking meth fueled overdrive, vomiting forth relentless waves of ever dystopian visions, our present era some warped amalgamation of the … Continue reading voices – fear & loathing as america burns.
a dystopian work in progress – fear & loathing as america burns.
there was a time last week, was it last week? it's so hard to say these days. but there was a time last week when bolton's first drip, drip, drips first started to fall that i thought and even said that donnie's time had probably come, that republicans wouldn't be able to hold on that … Continue reading a dystopian work in progress – fear & loathing as america burns.
with all else failing – fear & loathing as america burns.
sticker bomb, in the bathroom at the stud, san francisco, calif.; september 2019. walking to work the other day, listening to gaga's fame monster, i lifted off of my path and into a long ago trip on a psychedelic called amt, my head on his lap in front of my pair of sick-ass speakers, the … Continue reading with all else failing – fear & loathing as america burns.
love in the dystopia — fear & loathing as america burns.
dystopia: (n.) an imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice, typically one that is totalitarian or post-apocalyptic. bay area political discourse. it’s been a fucking trip, hasn’t it? watching it all unfold before our eyes in real time, streaming twenty-four seven on msnbc, through our feeds, blinks and notifies with … Continue reading love in the dystopia — fear & loathing as america burns.
corporate shills & the infinite sadness — fear and loathing as america burns.
I’d been scrolling absentmindedly through my Facebook feed one Sunday afternoon, that most magnificent medium in this technological age for the dastardly motives and political psyops of bad actors, both State and alt-reich, alike — as one does, because just like everybody else, or at least most woke folk, it’s one thing to expound on this shit, … Continue reading corporate shills & the infinite sadness — fear and loathing as america burns.
keeping up with the dystopia — fear & loathing as america burns.
at the moment; 1 november 2017 it’s been almost a year since that fateful day & i don’t know how you all feel, but i’m fucking fried, having spent it trying in vain to keep up with our ever darkening american dystopian future — only, bad news for us, the future is now. fear and loathing as america … Continue reading keeping up with the dystopia — fear & loathing as america burns.
civil war: a tale of two rallies — fear and loathing as america burns.
patriots’ day counter protest flyer; martin luther king jr. civic center park, berkeley, ca, 15 april 2017. (photographed by pan ellington) it had been a while since i’d been out, save for a handful of daytime marches, may days and the women’s march with friends, the safest of safe amongst crowds composed of nine to … Continue reading civil war: a tale of two rallies — fear and loathing as america burns.
as the clock strikes twelve — fear and loathing as america burns.
it still doesn’t feel real, you know, even though we’ve had the last three months to get used to this most heinous of american ideas. i spent inauguration day mimosa hazing and weed dazing my way through the beginning chapters of this incredibly traumatic, national acid trip of terror — the penultimate fucked-up, dystopian novel in which … Continue reading as the clock strikes twelve — fear and loathing as america burns.
election 2016 — fear and loathing as america burns.
#imwithher; ©️ 2016, pan ellington. you could say i checked out in the spring. and i say, “checked out,” inasmuch as i still read the sunday paper every week, kept my eye on, or, at the very least had droning on in the background, the pyr@te stream of msnbc the fifteen hours a day i’m … Continue reading election 2016 — fear and loathing as america burns.