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On Convergence: Political Turbulence & the Process of Coming Together

What if American polarization is being caused, not by a great splitting apart, but by a great coming together?

6 min readJun 21, 2023

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An illustration of a body of water. Deep blues pours out of one corner of the image; luminous pink-purple pours out of the opposite corner. Where the two meet and create a zig-zagging break runs across the middle of the image

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Don’t Be Afraid to Be the Remix

Lessons in Diasporic Culture Making from Black American Musicians

7 min readJul 31, 2022

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A street shot of a Little Italy in the States. Decorative streetlights in the shape of red flowers create an archway over the street. There are small food stalls slipping out of the sideway and onto the narrow city street.

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The Practice of SolarPunk Futuring

What is your vision of the collective future? Where would you go from here?

4 min readAug 30, 2019

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A young feminine-presenting person sits on a outdoor spiral staircase that seems to be below ground level. They stare up above at the ground level where lush ground cover spills over the sides of the staircase and tree canopy appears up in the sky.

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Women, the Weave & Threads for a Better Future

Tracing ancestral women’s work through the past and into future possibilities

4 min readAug 21, 2022

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A lacemaker at work. A grandmotherly elder women sits in the center of clothing store and stitches her lace work. She wears a classic white apron with a lace border and is surrounding by many textiles — fans, dresses and also jewelry.

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Shepherds’ Paths & Ancient Internets

Reflections on the pathways that have long connected humanity

2 min readAug 13, 2022

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Shepherds’ Paths & Ancient Internets

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Drain. Frustrate. Embarrass. Confuse. A folkloric look at La Florida v Empire

The tenacious subtropical swamps of the Floridian peninsula have long played a key role in the region’s historical resistance to imperial…

6 min readMar 25, 2022

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A small but fierce little alligator gives the camera the malocchio (the evil eye). The little gator is in the water, in the background in the water, it’s body forms an elegant s-curve.

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The Left Can Go Wrong.

Imperfect thoughts about the Left on Santa Barbara’s Day.

4 min readDec 4, 2021

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The Left Can Go Wrong.

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On Joe Cino, Diasporic Sicilian Culture & Queer Theater

In 1958, Joe took his last $400 and started Caffe Cino, a queer haven, now largely recognized as the birthplace of Off-Off-Broadway.

3 min readNov 16, 2021

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On Joe Cino, Diasporic Sicilian Culture & Queer Theater

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Convos with Pro-Colombos: Insight #3 Since Colombo is a Symbol, We Don’t Need to Agree on History.

What This Contro-Colombo Learned by Listening to Instead of Fighting with Pro-Colombo Italians.

7 min readOct 10, 2021

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Convos with Pro-Colombos: Insight #3 Since Colombo is a Symbol, We Don’t Need to Agree on History.

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Convos with Pro-Colombos: Insight #2: Our Symbol is Our Ancestors.

About This Series

7 min readOct 9, 2021

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13 year-old Camella Teoli, who we will discuss in Insight 2, has her elbow up on a factory railing behind her. This is black and white photo from the early 20th century. Camella has a lean, almost frail-appearing, frame. She is dressed in a blouse that is too big for her with rolled up sleeves and a dirty apron dress layered on top of that.

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Rebecca Ginamarie (she/her). Culturally-Rooted Stories Bridging the Historic Past & Fair Future 🌱Slavic-Italian American 📚Book Series in Progress

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