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Archive for June, 2020

Journal of a Lockdown, 5 June 2020

June 06, 2020 By: jessicazafra Category: Books, Current Events, Journal of a Lockdown No Comments →

So this is Trump’s vision of America. Policemen killing black people because they are black. Protests against murderous racism brutally dispersed. A peaceful protest action in front of a church violently broken up because Trump wanted to be photographed in front of that church, toting a bible. Trump egging on the violence, promising shooting, vicious dogs, and ominous weapons. When Twitter finds its balls (Facebook is content to have none), Trump threatens to crack down on social media. The successful launch of a crewed Space X vessel means nothing: space travel will only enable humans to create off-world societies riven by the same racism, social injustice, and absurd inequality that plagues this planet.
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Twisted the book is coming back in October!

June 04, 2020 By: jessicazafra Category: Books, Current Events, twisted by jessica zafra 3 Comments →


Out of print for years, Twisted will be published this year in a new edition! Stay tuned for updates.

It was not the best of times, it was not the worst of times, but it was the era of my youth and everything seemed golden and alive with possibility. Well not exactly, because we can only see how wonderful a time was when it is safely in the past. To recognize the good times while they’re happening is to curse the rest of your life: from hereon it’s downhill all the way.
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