thoughts on culture & other philosophical musings

BREAKING: free speech officially redefined to “stuff i agree with”

*said begrudgingly* calm your tits, it’s satire

Sep 19 •

stepfanie tyler

the politics of vulnerability

how being seen became a partisan risk

Sep 18 •

stepfanie tyler

is the hate speech in the room with us now???

If you’ve lost friends over your opinions, you’re not alone.

Sep 17 •

stepfanie tyler

You Don't Even Know What Fascism Is, Bitch

A Rebuttal to the Girlboss Gaslighting of Political Reality

Sep 16 •

stepfanie tyler

the narcissism of identity politics

I’m sure I’ll get back to my regular scheduled programming soon enough, but I’m still processing what happened last week and digesting the aftermath.

Sep 14 •

stepfanie tyler

if you’re not a free thinker, you’re ngmi

The internet loves to pretend it’s full of rebels, but most people think like herd animals stuck in a dopamine slop loop.

Sep 13 •

stepfanie tyler

when speech becomes a death sentence

I keep writing this and deleting it… so I’m going to just go stream of consciousness and publish what follows.

Sep 11 •

stepfanie tyler

this is what narrative control looks like

I wasn’t planning on writing about this.

Sep 10 •

stepfanie tyler

nostalgia for the future (is hijacking our presence)

We've developed the strangest relationship with time, and it's breaking something essential about how humans create meaning.

Sep 8 •

stepfanie tyler

the outrage economy is booming

Pun-Gate and the great denim warfare of 2025

Sep 6 •

stepfanie tyler

I thought this platform was for free thinkers

I lost about 100 subscribers yesterday for doing what this platform supposedly celebrates: thinking out loud.

Sep 5 •

stepfanie tyler

A/B Testing the Future: What Florida’s Vaccine Mandate Reversal Can Teach Us About Federalism and Policy

A reminder that the United States was designed as an experiment in federated variation

Sep 4 •

stepfanie tyler

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