Tim Barrus Blog
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Tim Barrus New York Times
Take notes. Appalachia is not cheap. Nevertheless, the endemic poverty of Appalachia is so fundamental, so ingrained, so intransigent, that even I cannot articulate what a waste of lives, resources, no vision that can make it better. Families with dirt floors. No hope. America is done. Suicide rates for Appalachia…
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Tim Barrus New York Times
Take Notes. I am living in a truck. In the morning, I meet up with my Appalachia neighbors in a coffee shop. We solve the problems of the world. I usually get one these guys to join my side. Hurricane Helena killed husbands, wives, and kids. Body parts are still…
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Tim Barrus: Minority Rule is Usually Ruthless
We are ruled by ruthless masters. They are called the aristocracy. They are unfit to rule anything. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/21/opinion/minority-rule-majoritarian-democracy.html?campaign_id=0&emc=edit_cr_20221021&instance_id=0&nl=comments-notifications®i_id=56243886&segment_id=0&user_id=acf7e0fa0ccfaa274c5a8c73c0976c4a#commentsContainer&permid=121057070:121057070
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
The relationship of patriarchy to republican authoritarianism is one we need to study like what the fuck is this. What rock did this snake crawl out from under. Republicans should commit suicide. I do not like to slice the head off with a shovel because snakes eat mice. Don’t even…
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
We dance a fancy dance all around the issue of deep poverty. Because deep poverty is doing its bloody dance all around us. These constants – deep poverty, abortion – beg an irony that has babies no one wants. No one supports kids in crisis anymore because there is no…
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Write A 2-Page Report On Your Field Trip 2 The Slaughterhouse
We were not supposed to be there. I cannot tell you how we got in. If I did that, the lives of those who get us in once a year would be in gave danger. They would be murdered. They live with thousands of deaths every day. I am not…
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
I am with Antifa. Haters rage at us. They’re going to kill mom and dad. Already dead for decades. The Feds stalk Antifa. Haters poison my pets. Publish maps to my house. They pinpoint my controversial sites including Facebook, and Twitter (thank you). They cannot spell. They burn my books,…
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They Say I Am a Traitor
The Contact Page on this Format site gets all kinds of crazy email, it’s also where photography gigs come through, and it’s where people who read my work go off the deep end. You get used to it. Crazy Time just comes with the territory. If you take any of…
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Tim Barrus New York Times Magazine
I am a pornographer. My books have sex in them. I make it up. It isn’t real. I am also told it isn’t writing. I am here to tell you that if I write something – anything – I will hear from a steady stream of readers who will claim…
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Unanimous Consent
Do not allow the Democrats to play victim here. There are parlimentary paradigms that would allow them to stop the senate from considering anyone on anything. The Democrats will not avail themselves to this maneuvering because it would require them to work versus bitch about how it’s all so unfair…
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American Justice System Is Corrupt
I do not feel obligated to necessarily follow the laws of America. The legal system is corrupt. The government is corrupt. If the government is rotten at the core, there are no moral imperatives to regard the law as legitimate. The system is not legitimate. The government is not legitimate.…
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And We Have Met Ourselves
Tim Barrus: The New York Times I took this photograph with a GoPro from a New York City fire escape where I was living. In a place they call the rabbit hole. I have explored and lived in holes most of my life. And I am here to tell you…
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Food Stamps: $31.00 per Week for Food
He is losing weight. There is hunger in America. Children always pay the price. Senate Republicans are opposing any increase in food stamps for kids. At twelve, he’s not flourishing. He’s floundering. Medically, he’s now in the highest risk group you can fall into the cracks. It’s a hard fall.…