What I’m Leaving Behind and Where I’m Going Next
Double Purple Rose of Sharon shrub by Gia Mack, July 22, 2025 Wrapping up this semester feels different. I’ve finished classes […]
Class Project to Passion Project
Photo: Gia Mack, shot by N. H., Feb 2025 birthday spread“What it looks like to have your swag all the
This Blog, Myself, and Everything In Between
Photo by Gia Mack — sunset in Weldon, CA, October 26, 2025 When I started this blog, I didn’t really
This Happened to Me: A Hate Crime Story
Photo: Karen, exercising her right to “FAFO,” Sparks, NV, November 6, 2025 University didn’t “radicalize” me. Being American did. An
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
In On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, Timothy Snyder shows that these lessons are less about predicting collapse
Is Resistance Futile?
“You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile,” the Borg said in Star Trek, as they absorbed entire civilizations into their
Reader’s Duty: Your Role in the Fight for Truth
Reading is power. But power without responsibility is dangerous. Every time you pick up a book, scroll an article, or
How My Hobby Became My Rebellion
The world is on fire. Mass shootings. Global wars. Climate disasters. Historical manipulation. Truth under attack. Lies spinning faster than
Introduction
Reading is Never Passive. Here, it is Weaponized.
Books are not neutral. Stories, essays, poems, and histories have always been wielded as tools, sometimes to silence, sometimes to liberate. Weaponized