Jessica Baran
Fake News Fugue
Climate change in the age of ignorance. The line between playful and provocative. As the F.B.I. seeks answers, dozens claim molestation. Sometimes it's difficult to write about others' abuse; other times, it’s not. The panel found his version of events more credible than hers. He’s keeping his business ties. I’m so aware of where I’m not going that I seem to be staying still. Meanwhile, poets go viral, singing the song of unsung debasement. So you’ve been asked to be a bridesmaid. Now what? Force overtime, go for the win? They can’t kill us all; self-storage unites. The panel has opinions about your clitoris, how wide your legs should spread, how gleeful your gyrations. But does design truly reflect character? Employers seem to think as much. I am so aware of where I’m not going that I seem to be staying still. The way the panel describes my clitoris makes me feel official. As American as apple pie. As little as a dainty house in the dizzy woods. All the reasons they can’t look away, look away, look away on Super Bowl Sunday.