PinnedMikola De RooNoseThe brief essay below describes events that took place on Memorial Day weekend of 2009. Some folks in my personal life have heard parts of…7 min read·Oct 7, 2019----
Mikola De RooAn Unlikely Ode to the Late Elizabeth Wurtzel (1967–2020); Or, Fuck CancerI 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…4 min read·Jan 7, 2020----
Mikola De RooArt, Activism & Empathy in the Trump EraThe speech below, adapted from a longer, previously published essay entitled “On Possibility,” was given at “Art After Trump: A Response &…5 min read·Sep 29, 2017----
Mikola De RooAn Activist’s Mini-Guide to Resisting & PersistingThis 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…6 min read·Jul 17, 2017----