Mike Kanin
Female Scholarship In Islam Is Challenging Patriarchal Leadership
For so long, I had grown up believing that social justice discourse, particularly through a gendered lens, was a completely separate sphere from Islamic discussions.
A Welcome Back Yak
Welp, we kind of took an inadvertent (?) Preachy break there, huh? I dunno about you — except I kinda do cause we just had a chat about it — but I think I kinda needed it.
On Beer and Home
Yuengling is an objectively terrible beverage. Even a quick pull from a longneck that originated at the longest-running brewery in the United States leaves you wondering just what you’re doing trying to put a thing that actually tastes like spoiled grain into your body.
Opaque Strategy Number 13
we present our re-casting of Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt’s Oblique Strategies cards. We call our version Opaque Strategies. Here is Opaque Strategy number 13:
Space Object of October: NGC 884
This Friday, we present a Space Object of the Month, in which a Preachy co-editor invites you to learn how to use his telescope (with him):
Opaque Strategy Number 11
Each Friday, the folks at Preachy will offer you something of a reflection for your weekend. This Friday, we present our re-casting of Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt’s Oblique Strategies cards. We call our version Opaque Strategies. Here is Opaque Strategy number 11:
Playlist to go with My Own Personal Jesus
Co-editor Mike Kanin was so inspired by Joe MacLeod’s Monday Thought about Bela Lugosi as Jesus that he made a playlist about it. We hope you enjoy it.
Opaque Strategy Number 10
We present our re-casting of Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt’s Oblique Strategies cards. We call our version Opaque Strategies.
For Corinne Wasserman on Rosh Hashanah
You’re supposed to eat sweet things for a sweet year on Rosh Hashanah. My Nana’s pot roast is kind of sweet. Mostly it’s the memory of it, I think.mike
Space Object of September: Neptune
Items I will try to find: Neptune. Why?: ’Cause … the planet is at opposition and on close approach. When: September 14, 2021
Playlist: Music to go with Death to the Baobobs!
From Salawu Olajide, our colleague at Olongo Africa, who is also the author of Death to the Baobobs!
Opaque Strategy Number Nine
Each Friday, the folks at Preachy will offer you something of a reflection for your weekend. This Friday, we present our re-casting of Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt’s Oblique Strategies cards. We call our version Opaque Strategies. Here is Opaque Strategy number nine: Watch something rot. It might do you some good. Or not.
Space Object of August: The Perseid Meteor Shower
Each Friday, the folks at Preachy will offer you something of a reflection for your weekend. This Friday, we present a Space Object of the Month, in which a Preachy co-editor invites you to learn how to use his telescope (with him): Items I will try to find: The Perseid Meteor Shower Why?: ’Cause … it’s pretty damn easy to see