Writing
Original entries by me. Includes archives of my newsletter, The Post-Evangelical Post.
✍🏻 Garbage Day | "Building a new Titanic on the deck of the old one"
Ryan Broderick at Garbage Day, writing this mic-drop burn about Instagram (emphasis mine):
"You used to be able to say that Instagram was a photo app. Way back in the early 2010s, an Instagram spokesperson told me that it was a “museum for your life” 🙄. But you simply cannot
✍🏻Men Yell At Me | Raising Up an Army for God
This is an entry from Marginalia, a section of my Substack where I share interesting stories published elsewhere (think of it as old-school linkblogging). Most of these are published directly to the web, but I will begin sending weekly digests in the near future. Check out PEP’s About page
✍🏻Platformer | Ev Williams gives up
Over at Platformer, Casey Newton writes about Twitter & Blogger co-founder Ev Williams moving on from his most recent company, Medium.
“Williams frequently spoke of his desire to make Medium a place for high-quality writing, one that elevated the national conversation. His annual appearances in the New York Times proclaiming
❌As white evangelical hegemony ended, white Christian nationalist minority rule began.
An audio adaptation of two recent essays.
Recommended Reading: Christian Nationalism on TikTok; Evangelical Lobbyists Praying with SCOTUS Justices, More
There’s been some really interesting and troubling pieces published in the last week. Here are a few.
Over at The New York Times, Katherine Stewart wrote an op-ed called “Christian Nationalists Are Excited About What Comes Next.”
An excerpt from her op-ed:
“The Supreme Court’s decision to rescind
As white evangelical hegemony ended, white Christian nationalist minority rule began.
Who needs hearts and minds when you have power?