Casey Rae’s Apocrypha

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Why (You Think) You Can’t Put it Down

Why (You Think) You Can’t Put it Down

A war with Iran in its fourth week—a nuclear plant struck, the Strait of Hormuz closed, oil up nearly 60%. Arctic sea ice at a record low, global warming accelerating, the planet on course to breach 1.5°C before 2030. Cuba going dark under a US oil blockade,

Notes in the Paranoid Style: A Conversation with Elizabeth Nelson

Notes in the Paranoid Style: A Conversation with Elizabeth Nelson

Elizabeth Nelson writes about music the way a good lawyer argues a case—with total command of the record, genuine passion, and compelling arguments by the crate full. She’s also funny as hell, with excellent taste and a way with words that I’ve long admired. Elizabeth is also

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Running Scared: Wind Season in a Fire Horse Year

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Running Scared: Wind Season in a Fire Horse Year

The Tibetan medical tradition has a name for what a lot of us are feeling right now. Loong (rLung)—wind energy, the element that governs breath, nervous system, and the movement of mind—is constitutionally volatile in spring. Add a Fire Horse year, in which flame and wind feed each

Viewing In-Between: Films That Refuse to Be One Thing

Viewing In-Between: Films That Refuse to Be One Thing

Last week, I talked about “blended genre” flicks, with a promise to take a closer look the following Friday. Well, here we are—Friday the 13th, which also happens to be Dakini Day.* Fitting, given what I’ve come to realize about the films on this list, and their uncanny

IFS Is Having a Moment. So Is the Backlash.

IFS Is Having a Moment. So Is the Backlash.

IFS—aka Internal Family Systems, a therapeutic model built around working with distinct “parts” of the psyche—is having a moment. It’s all over wellness culture right now—TikTok therapists, podcast guests, airport bookstore self-help—and with that kind of buzz comes backlash. The Cut recently published a piece

Bergman Can Wait

Bergman Can Wait

Fridays are special. At least they’ve always felt that way to me. When I was a 9-5 working stiff, Fridays were the entrée to the weekend, before Saturday shenanigans gave way to Sunday Scaries. But the vibe was set well before that, in an ancient era marked by tube

Wanting Otherwise: On Inevitability and Refuge

Wanting Otherwise: On Inevitability and Refuge

I’ve been thinking about inevitability. The inevitability of falling apart. The inevitability of sickness, old age—if we’re so lucky—and death. The inevitability of phase change, from the smallest, tiniest repositioning of the elementary particles that comprise the light show we call our human embodiment, to the

Why Apocrypha, and Why Here

Why Apocrypha, and Why Here

Recently I found myself casting about for a platform that could help me express myself and actually reach the people I want to talk to—something beyond just posting Casey’s DeepThoughts™ into the algorithmic void. In the old days we called this kind of thing a blog. These days,