Month One: Pacific Standard

I'm contracted to write 6 columns a month for Pacific Standard Magazine. I might actually write more or less depending on how long they are, what news cycles require response, or whatever. But for January, I have now published 6 pieces. They are, in reverse order:

Maria Town was the disability community liaison over the last 18 months or so under Obama. I interviewed her.

Remember when disabled folks had a voice in the White House? It was @maria_m_town.

My interview @PacificStand - https://t.co/dzoU0aiFos pic.twitter.com/4mslUg8eRp

— David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) January 27, 2017

Betsy DeVos didn't even demonstrate a wikipedia-level understanding of IDEA at her hearing.

2 (working backwards): I wrote about #DeVosHearing and IDEA - https://t.co/YGpxnCOq2e

— David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) January 27, 2017

I made J.K. Rowling cry with this story. So that's fun. Breaking the tweet thread for this one.

This is so beautiful, it made me cry. https://t.co/TA9FHqVDyh

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 13, 2017

I went to Obama's Farewell. Remember the Enlightenment  took place amidst chaos. Obama thinks we might need a new one.

4) I attended the #ObamaFarewell. Did you notice @BarackObama called for a new Enlightenment amidst the chaos? https://t.co/e5P7ITzHAm

— David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) January 27, 2017

All the Trigger Warnings for this one. Graphic. Awful. Necessary to witness.

5) In Idaho, a black disabled teen boy was sexually assaulted. Prosecutor said it was bullying, not sex/hate crime. https://t.co/Xm1JtuNiHm

— David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) January 27, 2017

 I didn't think I'd be writing much about the Middle Ages when I took this gig. Instead, I am seeing medieval analogues everywhere. I wrote The New Blood Libel about anti-Jewish hate then and now.

6) I started with The New Blood Libel - on information culture and hate against marginalized people, then and now.https://t.co/V00ulAPecJ

— David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) January 27, 2017

Thanks for reading! I tend to be pretty extrospective about my writing, as writing about writing helps me write.