Emma Cieslik
I am a queer, disabled museum worker, public historian, and writer based in the Washington, DC area. I write and research the intersections of gender and sexuality, religion and politics, and material culture.
In Conversation:
Redneck Solidarity Against Data Centers
Folklore is Resistance:
“De-Flock America” ties back to Halloween’s folk origins
Let not our sorrow be weaponized:
On queer solidarity and resisting scapegoating
ICE is Waging Trump’s War on Disabled Communities:
And this is how you can fight back.
How to unpack and resist a pedophilic beauty standard:
In a post-Epstein file world
Harnessing queer and trans protest magic:
How magic has become a conduit to resist and demand justice
How to Resist “Organized Loneliness”:
resisting isolation in the age of digital authoritarianism
The OU Essay and the Christian Persecution Complex