culture

Upcoming Documentary Screening

Unsung: Queer Portraits of Authenticity and the Cost of Its Absence

Jun 24, 2025 • Aris Hearth

Mutual exchange for collective benefit.

Apr 27, 2025 • Aris Hearth

The Hemlocks Remember

Photos, history, and stories from Cook Forest.

Apr 19, 2025 • Aris Hearth

The System Has No Mouth, and It Must Scream

Metaphors to make sense of chaos.

Mar 15, 2025 • Aris Hearth

The Shape of Fear

It's probably funnier when I say it out loud. Voiceover recommended.

Jan 30, 2025 • Aris Hearth

The shift of symptoms in a sensitive nervous system.

Jan 21, 2025 • Aris Hearth

2024 Roundup, 2025 Threshold

Celebrating one full year on Substack and an affirmation to enter 2025.

Dec 31, 2024 • Aris Hearth

Anti-Appropriative Resources for the Self-Taught Witch*

*and other spiritual practitioners

Nov 23, 2024 • Aris Hearth

Political Tools and Subversive Agents: How Patriarchy Forms Identity Through Women and Their Bodies

A Feminist Literary Analysis

Nov 15, 2024 • Aris Hearth

Six Months Sober

Life in a new worldview.

Sep 22, 2024 • Aris Hearth

A note on taking time to process.

Jul 15, 2024 • Aris Hearth

Reflections on Safety

What I learned while traveling abroad as my [trans] self.

Jun 25, 2024 • Aris Hearth

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