Archive - i-m-a-sad-critic

My Abortion was a Painful, Kafkaesque Nightmare

One year later, I'm still glad I got it (and still pissed at the mistreatment of chronically ill folk)

Mar 10, 2023 •

December 2022

a virtual hand-wave before the new year

Dec 26, 2022 •

June 2022

The Day After Roe v. Wade was Overturned

I wrote a mediocre poem. Also today is my birthday.

Jun 26, 2022 •

May 2022

The Care and Feeding of Elderly Cats

Plus: a couple events, book reviews, and what are *you* reading?

May 2, 2022 •

March 2022

You, I Mean Me, I Mean You

Barbara Kruger's retrospective and social media projection

Mar 21, 2022 •

February 2022

Memory Battlegrounds

Women in SF, cultural memory, and introducing W.A.Y.R

Feb 21, 2022 •

January 2022

Gentrification & Community

A Q&A with Anne Elizabeth Moore, author of GENTRIFIER

Jan 28, 2022 •

Paranoia, Pain, Preferences

Or, trying to sort some shit out

Jan 20, 2022 •

This wasn't supposed to be about The Matrix but here we are

Jan 10, 2022 •

October 2021

Plants, Entropy, Art, and Arthritis

Or: Growing, Dying, Living, Aging

Oct 11, 2021 •

September 2021

Madness: a Necessity

Or: I can't stop thinking about all the crazy people in books

Sep 14, 2021 •

August 2021

Comps & Criticism (this is still ilana)

Reading, thinking, questioning, erasing

Aug 20, 2021 •

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