August 19, 2020
Do we want a world in which people who cause harm are tortured and warehoused in cages?
A family member’s loved one inside has written, My greatest fear is that I will die in prison.
Paraphrase
Is it weird to think that one day I could photoshop you out of all this? he said. That I could obscure your face with a brush,…
The Creature
Kylie Wears Balmain
Behold, the whole of America
But here, looking through The Magazine, she worries this may have been a mistake. Behold, inside, the whole of America: fashion knockoffs, “diets that work,” stratified wealth, divorce, couture latex, infidelity, single moms, contouring, God, fame, infamy. She thinks, All I have to do is check the facts.
H.
On heroin and harm reduction
You are cured of your hepatitis after a course of Sovaldi, a new pill that clears the disease in 95 percent of cases. The price of this near-certain cure: $84,000. Each pill costs $1,000. You are fortunate to live in New York, the state where Medicaid coverage of the drug is the most generous. Many states pay for only the sickest patients. You are, relatively speaking, not that sick.
June 10, 2013
We want to raise the bar so much that they have to attack us directly, and then in theory the law protects us.
Leave Your Cellphone at Home
November 14, 2011
Faced with a celebrity-endorsed blockade, the police backed down, and in the ensuing days I noticed more and more tents.
