Tim Barrus Blog
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Tim Barrus New York Times
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I am one of the people Ross Douthat condemns.
I have attended protests. Ross feels those demonstrations should never have happened. “…protests go forward amid a pandemic was justified by redescribing their motor, antiracism, as a push for better public health.”
I haven’t heard that one, but it sounds right,…
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Tim Barrus New York Times
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First, it was kids in cages. Some died. Of neglect. It was beyond cruel. They were sick yet it was public policy to deny them their parents, to deny them food, to deny them water, to make sure they slept in the concrete floor. It was public policy.
We took…
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The violence against us is already incremental. Piece by piece. Jail by jail. Charge by charge. Investigation by investigation. Search by search. Trash can by trash can. Up against the wall by wall. Get down on the floor by floor. Lies by status quo testimony by testimony. Knife by knife.…
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Going Rogue
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We roared through the GhostShip, America, on the big bike. It’s a great excuse for hanging on to someone with your motherfucker lives, and all your second selves, on the insides of your mouth.
Just met a boy, just met a boy when
He can come inside of my playpen…
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Tim Barrus New York Times
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It is not at all hard to imagine a monarchy. In 1658, Cromwell did it. As both head of state and head of government of the new republican commonwealth.
He was the new king who chopped off the head of the old king. There are absolutely no facts to support…
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Editorial Prerogative
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This is what my work kinda looks like after some editoral gnome is done with it. Editors have no reason to live.
“You are not your work. Your work is your work. You and all your second selves are you, and all your second selves.”
“This is one of those…
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Tim Barrus New York Times
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The list of things I will not do is far longer than the list of things I will do.
For one thing, I won’t get close enough to touch you.
I jerk off. Wearing a mask. You watch. And, no, I will not let you touch me for more money.…
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going rogue
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Tim Barrus New York Times
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Suffering, Groaning, and Dying, Not Far From Paradise Which Is Itself But Another Stonehenge From Hell
Try acting as someone else.
As in real life.
A stage is.
That does not mean we have an understanding of the pain, the vacuum of intimacy, any tilting lean toward rage, the thirst…
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Going Rogue
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Post-apocalyptic cultures are supposed to be the products of fiction. Failed states. Failed people. Failed economic structures. Failed religions. Failed institutions. Failed individuals. Failed public policy. Or all of the above at the same time.