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Writing

“This work is a never-ending cycle of being vulnerable, being judged, and being vulnerable again.” — “Sadly, Cringe is Evergreen”

“It’s weird how hitting the ground doesn’t really hurt.”

— “Midwives”
Carleigh Baker standing in a field

PUBLISHED AT HAZLITT

BIZARRE
CELEBRATIONS

A column about storytellers, craft, and everyday encounters with technology.

Illustrated portrait of Carleigh Baker for Hazlitt

STORYTELLERS
CRAFT
TECHNOLOGY
AND THE TROUBLE BETWEEN THEM

Midwives

It’s weird how hitting the ground doesn’t really hurt.

Underwater image accompanying Midwives

Against Redemption

Social media is filled with documentation of human suffering. So why read a tragic novel?

The Inside is Rotten

As our collective fears shift, so too do the monsters that stand in for them.

Discourse and the Dirt Rave

In the offline world, it’s possible for something to be great and terrible at the same time.

Something can be great and terrible at the same time.

FIELD NOTE / OFFLINE WORLD

SUBSTACK / INDEPENDENT NOTES

DIRECT
FROM THE
SUBSTACK.

“How free and happy and human I felt.”

— “The Existential Hack Machine vs. Aggressive Creativity”