Posts about Serious Stuff

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

My Experience as a Black Woman at Burning Man

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

May 19, 2020 By Dominique Debucquoy-Dodley

Yodassa Williams is an accomplished storyteller and writer in the Bay Area. She is an alumna of The Ohio State ...Read More

May 4, 2020 By Caveat Magister

Some of the best experiences I've had in quarantine have been art experiences, held over conference call software, which felt ...Read More

April 17, 2020 By Caveat Magister

This past week I have attended a virtual quiz show, a virtual tarot reading, a virtual Big Art Event, and ...Read More

April 14, 2020 By Caveat Magister

The theme of “Multiverse” has, I think, been changed by the pandemic. Before, the Multiverse was something we aspired to ...Read More