Since people perversely insist on misrepresenting the purpose and origin of the term "Latinx," here's the widely read article I wrote a few years ago. davidbowles.medium.com/mexican-x-part…

We’re getting our insulation replaced so we had to empty our closet where the attic access is so now my partner and I are making a big show of pretending like it’s a huge inconvenience to have all our clothes in piles on the floor, as if that’s not where most of them are anyway.

99% of the time, I could not care less about grammar/spelling and am famously bad at both, but for whatever reason my brain latched on to the less/fewer rule and it is nails-on-a-chalkboard to my ears when someone gets it wrong.

Cool cool cool

While there isn’t a great time for the power to go out, in the middle of shaving my legs in a shower I’ve never used before is among my least favorite.

Just finished a leisurely 75 hours without power.

I wish this were a rare take.

Nursing a cold so I put that Studio McGee show on and nearly threw my mug through the TV when Shea said the William Morris wallpaper she used was "from her favorite British textile designer." It's too early to be this riled up about #materialculture.

I was lamenting how I never clean out my purse only to suddenly need something I only had with me because I never clean out my purse. Lesson learned.

Louder for the people in the back

I recently had a dream that a landlord made me move to a different unit. The rent was 150$, but it was just a large, albeit well-furnished cage in a rec-center lobby. My biggest complaint wasn’t the lack of a bathroom, but the noise. This feels like a metaphor.

we need to bring this back

Once more for the people at the back - 18th c corsets did not pinch. They moulded to the body. If the actresses are in pain the corset does not fit. metro.co.uk/2023/02/22/net…

Educating young people to be 'resilient' to the effects of deep social/structural injustices & inequalities is literally becoming a flagship neoliberal policy - rendering the next generation tolerant of a rigged economy that acts against their health, flourishing & happiness.

“This business of “publish or perish” has been a catastrophe. People write things which should never have been written and which should never be printed. Nobody’s interested. But for them to keep their jobs and get the proper promotion, they’ve got to do it." — Hannah Arendt

Human: I want to be able to relax in the garden, so I’m going to spend days doing back-breaking labor to make a nice spot. Dog:

Sure, my partner makes more money with his CS degree, but my background in textile science helps me clean bloody diarrhea from the carpet when our dog is sick, so you tell me who got the “practical” education.