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I Demand Better Capitalists
What if the answer is to stop begging our overlords to be altruistic and start expecting more actual, objective, practical selfishness?
Catherynne M. Valente
Mar 10
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The Great Replacement (Not That One, the Real One)
ChatGPT is here to burn our crops, curdle our milk, seduce our lovers and corrupt our youth. That's it, that's the subtitle.
Catherynne M. Valente
Mar 1
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February 2023
On Valentine's Day
Why I care so much about this holiday, which is not a Hallmark holiday in the least, and in fact, is much, much cooler than most things.
Catherynne M. Valente
Feb 14
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Khajit Has Wares...
On the Future Nature and Content of the Thrillingly Exciting Paid Tier
Catherynne M. Valente
Feb 7
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January 2023
Awkward Annual Award Eligibility Post (for Your Nerves?)
That thing where I die inside whilst telling you I worked last year and trying to pretend like this stuff is way less important to a working writer's…
Catherynne M. Valente
Jan 26
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The Limits of Compassion
So you've opened your heart to radical empathy and recognized the deep, sacred humanity in every living being you connect with online...but what about…
Catherynne M. Valente
Jan 2
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December 2022
Where the Love Light Gleams...
A brief postscript to a viral essay
Catherynne M. Valente
Dec 26, 2022
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A Quiet Invitation to One of the Good Places
Hello beautiful people who decided to support me here because you are amazing miracle humans. Thank you, I cannot say thank you enough. I am typing this…
Catherynne M. Valente
Dec 22, 2022
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Stop Talking to Each Other and Start Buying Things: Three Decades of Survival in the Desert of Social Media
I bet you're wondering how we got here...
Catherynne M. Valente
Dec 22, 2022
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Secret Fiction from The Ancient Archives...
An old, old short story no one's seen before, unearthed from the Deep Archives
Catherynne M. Valente
Dec 18, 2022
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Oh, the Places You'll Be
The main place I am right now is Australia. Western Australia is open to Christmas being a thing you can travel to for the first time since COVID…
Catherynne M. Valente
Dec 17, 2022
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November 2022
The Axe Remembers, Too
Thoughts on Andor, Certain Exogorths, and the Folkloric Cycle
Catherynne M. Valente
Nov 30, 2022
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