Originally published in Sierra. WHEN I WAS A KID, someone gave me a copy of Find the Constellations, the classic kids’ stargazing book by H.A. Rey. I read it with great intensity but little understanding. The night sky seen from my Metro Detroit backyard looked nothing like the illustrations in the book. The only constellations… Continue reading In Search of the Night Sky
Category: Cities
Meet the YIMBYS
Originally published at Grist. The first time I heard of Sonja Trauss, she was mobilizing San Franciscans to support new apartment construction. This was not a campaign that went over well in the Mission District, a formerly working-class neighborhood that was in the middle of a full-on freakout over how many people seemed to want… Continue reading Meet the YIMBYS
Homobiles, SF’s queer ride service, is the anti-Uber
This is part of a series on the past, present, and future of the taxi, published here. Read parts 1 and 2 of the series. It’s Saturday night, and the drag queens in the back of the car are impossibly young and dewy and imbued with an ostentatious teenage cynicism. They are dressed in a style… Continue reading Homobiles, SF’s queer ride service, is the anti-Uber