P.S.

Your bibliography for that last article:

Tony Kushner, "A Socialism of the Skin" (PDF) (from 1994! Its prescience should give you shivers.)

JoAnn Wypijewski, ""The Price: Sex, Death and Dhaka" (if for nothing more than this: "If the dead bodies of Dhaka seem remote as a concern for sexual politics, that merely reveals how shallow those politics often are, and indeed how limited are the familiar, compartmentalized politics of the progressive brand.")

and everybody and their sister has read this by now, but:

Katie J.M. Baker,"Cockblocked by Redistribution: A Pick-up Artist in Denmark"

weekend update, Walkathon edition

Meanwhile, April completed 34 laps in her school's walk-a-thon on Saturday. Thirty-four quarter-mile laps. 34. She ran the first 13, took a break for snacks and face-painting and a session in the bouncy house, and then took the next 21 at a slightly more leisurely pace.

She quit because she was hungry for lunch. We told her that she kinda sorta earned the right to eat anywhere she damn well pleased, and she chose Homeroom and macaroni and cheese (although Holy Land and french fries were a close runner-up). Believe it or not, she didn't finish her entire bowl. I do not know where she is getting the energy for these exertions. It is a mystery for the ages.

This morning she said her legs were sore but no kidding. Otherwise, she seems none the worse for wear.

We are honestly kind of stunned. And thinking about the future. I think I see a 5K on the horizon.