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September 14, 2026September 14, 2026

Apparently, My Life’s Direction Is Giving My Dog Cookies

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Editorial graphic reading “21 Down, 39 to Go!” celebrating completion of research and writing for the first 21 articles in JT Santana’s 60-part Sex Work in America series, now moving into editing ahead of its January 7, 2027 launch.
September 13, 2026

21 Down, 39 to Go: Sex Work in America Just Hit a Huge Milestone

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Editorial image announcing Sex Work in America, a 60-part JTWB768 series tentatively beginning January 7, 2027, with courthouse, health, law, Pride, consent, and worker-rights imagery.
September 12, 2026

Sex Work in America: Why I Am Spending the Next Year Asking the Questions We Keep Avoiding

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SNAP recipient holding an Iowa EBT card and takeout meal as stigmatizing labels such as “Lazy,” “Taxpayer Waste,” and “Abuse” appear nearby.
September 12, 2026

SNAP Stigma Is Already Bad Enough. Congress Wants to Make It Worse.

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Memorial image at sunset with a photo of two young men, John’s handwritten note, purple flowers, a glowing candle, and a book marked 1992 beneath the centered title If I Could Relive One Year.
September 12, 2026September 12, 2026

If I Could Relive One Year: 1992, John, and the Questions Suicide Left Behind

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September 12, 2026September 12, 2026

Lorena Borjas: The Trans Activist Who Carried a Community Through Queens

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Satirical political illustration of a rainbow-haired gender-affirming doll surrounded by alarmed officials with magnifying glasses, federal investigation files, culture-war signs, and stacks of ignored public issues including poverty, healthcare, housing, gun violence, addiction, and infrastructure.
September 11, 2026

Transgender Dolls Controversy: America’s Latest Manufactured Emergency

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Diverse people, including a wheelchair user, cross a bridge away from a broken wall labeled bureaucracy, inequity, stigma, tokenism, underfunding, and lack of access. Centered text reads, “Lived Experience Is Valuable. Stop Asking It to Fix a Broken System by Itself.”
September 11, 2026

Lived Experience Is Valuable. Stop Asking It to Fix a Broken System by Itself

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Editorial collage for Lolita in Iowa featuring the centered series title, Davenport riverfront, Sue Lyon imagery, an open Lolita book, film reels, Iowa maps, archival materials, and red heart-shaped sunglasses.
September 10, 2026

Lolita in Iowa: Sue Lyon, Nabokov & the Story America Got Wrong

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