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.

@eocieslik

In Conversation:

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

Nothing is Objective;

We are all biased. Our values are our bias. So we all have to be honest, ethical and transparent about our biases.

“Accepting the reality that “pure objectivity” is a dangerous myth, and acknowledging both the effects of implicit bias and the validity of emotion, allow the opportunity for transparency about what happens in reality—and then for accountability.”

— National Institute of Health, United States National Library of Medicine

Everything Is Political

The majority of us know that the personal is political, like it or not.

We the majority want, simply: Freedom. Freedom to be, do, say, worship, and love whoever, whatever and however we want. A Fair Deal. A Functioning Society. It’s not to much to demand.

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