Government Isn’t a Fucking Dragon
Government isn't some magnificent dragon circling overhead, breathing fire on anyone who dares question its authority. It exists because we fucking say it exists. I learned that growing up in a town of 356 people, where the community simply eliminated the town cop when it could no longer afford him. Forty years later, I'm still trying to understand why so many people treat government authority as something sacred. Especially when a police officer can interrupt your life, accuse you of breaking the law, and then fail to show up when it's time to defend that accusation.
When Fiction Gets Too Fucking Real
I started revising a story in Undertow because I'd written something that was a little too close to reality and not nearly fictional enough. So I decided to explore what could have happened instead of what actually did. That led me down a rabbit hole researching what happens to transgender women in New Mexico's criminal justice system. And holy fucking hell. What started as an exercise in creative writing turned into something deeply personal, frightening, and infuriating. Sometimes fiction forces you to confront realities you'd rather not think about.
The Fucking Public
Albuquerque has collected more than $11 million through automated speed enforcement, and now there's talk of letting cities keep an even bigger share. Meanwhile, the cameras keep multiplying. Government calls it public safety. I see an expanding surveillance system, an addiction to revenue, and another assault on individual liberty. Here's a fucking reminder: I am the public. You work for me. Not the other way around.
Who the Fuck Authorized This?
Cameras are going up everywhere, and nobody seems to be asking the most important fucking question: who authorized government to routinely watch free citizens suspected of absolutely nothing? Liberty isn't being watched more responsibly. Liberty is being left the fuck alone.