First to go to college, last one to leave the farm; a life shaped by tragedy and loss but also tremendous opportunity and luck, I now look back to reckon with the challenges my parents faced while navigating a life very different from the one they led.
Gen X Iowa Farm Kid | First-Generation College Student | Class Migrant | Survivor | I write about poverty, socio-economic class, politics, gender, public policy, agriculture, cults/MLM, food and family.
a cultural confessional, a kvetch sesh, and a manifesto on the relationship between aesthetics, economies, and individuals
writing to make you feel crazier & writing to make you feel sane
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.