HeyJaredThe Feral Stack
Burning down what no longer serves. Building what does. A feral Alaskan makes good trouble.
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Why I say hi first (opens the original)
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I Never Wanted to Use Words (opens the original)
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There is a place near my house where I go to clear my head, to chase the willies from my children’s feet and mouths. The same place where my son discovered that if he spins the stick in circles above his head three times, the stick will stand up all on its own.I told him the stick only stood because the spirits liked circles. He didn’t believe me, of course — just like he didn’t believe that everything and everyone was connected, having been implicitly taught otherwise at school with its separat
If We Cancel Standardized Testing, How Will We Keep Poor Kids Out of College? (opens the original)
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Before you shoot off that hate mail, please know that this is satire. My last few newsletters have been kinda heavy, and I promised you some levity, so here’s something absurd.I apologize to those of you with sons named Connor. Also, to my principal, please don’t fire me.1<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1580047750144-2c7790adf461?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwyfHxnYXRlZHxlbnw
“Liberation,” and Other Useful Words for Annihilation (opens the original)
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In a Fred Meyer parking lot, out of the corner of my eye I see the world rolling backward—which can only mean that I am rolling forward. Immediately, I slam my foot on the brake, just to realize that I’m already stopped.My inner compass has glitched. It’s not me moving forward, but the car next to me that’s moving backward. Cue the vertigo.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1734548850375-3b7edc77bcee?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M
Toxic Femininity™: The Prequel (opens the original)
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