Posts about Serious Stuff

Serious opinions on serious topics from (mostly) serious people.

The (Un)official SaveBRC FAQ

October 12, 2020 By Will Chase

Why bother saving Burning Man? Why don't you lay people off? Where do you get the gall? Answers to these ...Read More

September 30, 2020 By Sunshine Daydream

The 10 Principles of Burning Man drive me to the inexorable conclusion that even with so many giant problems out ...Read More

August 26, 2020 By Anselm Engle

The event in the Black Rock Desert isn't happening this year, and the potential of it is spreading far and ...Read More

August 25, 2020 By Caveat Magister

Any other year for the past 30 years, crews would be out in the desert by now, building Black Rock ...Read More

July 15, 2020 By Dennis Hinkamp a.k.a. Flackmaster

I know that millions of words have already been thrown like MOOPy glitter at the subject of Uncle Larry’s Family ...Read More

June 22, 2020 By Guest Post

Tatiana Smith is a writer, product designer, full spectrum doula and activist living in Jersey City, New Jersey, with her ...Read More

June 19, 2020 By Caveat Magister

The part of Burning Man culture represented by Burners Without Borders is having no trouble knowing what to do in ...Read More

June 18, 2020 By Guest Post

Rob Smith, aka Black Rock Smitty, is a filmmaker from New York. He shared this perspective on social media and ...Read More

June 4, 2020 By JR "Nexus" Russ

From Nexus: This piece was written before COVID-19 became a pandemic and the subsequent announcement about Black Rock City going ...Read More

June 2, 2020 By Dominique Debucquoy-Dodley

My earliest memory of the police killing an unarmed black man is from February 1999. Amadou Diallo, a young, highly ...Read More