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The brief essay below describes events that took place on Memorial Day weekend of 2009. Some folks in my personal life have heard parts of…

Oct 7, 2019

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Oct 7, 2019

An Unlikely Ode to the Late Elizabeth Wurtzel (1967–2020); Or, Fuck Cancer

I didn’t know the memoirist Elizabeth Wurtzel. I never read Prozac Nation. I never read it for all the reasons that Wurtzel notes in this…

Jan 7, 2020

An Unlikely Ode to the Late Elizabeth Wurtzel (1967–2020); Or, Fuck Cancer

Jan 7, 2020

Art, Activism & Empathy in the Trump Era

The speech below, adapted from a longer, previously published essay entitled “On Possibility,” was given at “Art After Trump: A Response &…

Sep 29, 2017

Art, Activism & Empathy in the Trump Era

Sep 29, 2017

An Activist’s Mini-Guide to Resisting & Persisting

This essay was adapted from a closing speech given at “30 Years of ACT UP/NY: Hidden Histories and Voices, Lessons Learned,” ACT UP’s 30th…

Jul 17, 2017

An Activist’s Mini-Guide to Resisting & Persisting

Jul 17, 2017

Mikola De Roo

Mikola De Roo

Writer & editor; cyclist; music blogger. Communications leader. Obsessions=writing, reading, education, art, food, authenticity, ending AIDS. Views=mine.

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