Archive - The usual palm tree

Gentlewomen prefer bears

It's all fandom and it's all ridiculous

May 16 •

Harper's, bizarre

A blog post about a letter about free speech and open debate

May 9 •

April 2024

No, the other one

Apr 10 •

March 2024

On selectively enforced taboos

Fine, I will write about the chicken shaming

Mar 1 •

February 2024

On kids these days

We are all products of our time

Feb 22 •

On careless whispers

You versus the guy everyone told you to worry about

Feb 15 •

January 2024

An Ideal Harvard

I was going crazy trying to remember what the whole Claudine Gay imbroglio reminded me of; imagine my excitement, and chagrin, when I realized it was…

Jan 3 •

December 2023

The first rule of inflation is, you don't talk about inflation

Look, I am not an economist (she said, dusting the cobwebs from her Substack.) I wouldn’t want to be; it seems like a thankless job and one I would be…

Dec 18, 2023 •

July 2023

Of beejays and boundaries

For safety's sake

Jul 19, 2023 •

June 2023

When Pride meets Purge

But it's my special day!

Jun 30, 2023 •

May 2023

Do you feel in charge?

Power, privilege, paper, rock

May 29, 2023 •

White men be fighting like this

Fox execs be panicking like that

May 6, 2023 •

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