Archive - Jane’s Calamity

Soviet summer camp, Trump voters, and me

Why I'm reframing the way I think about (some of) my fellow citizens

Jan 10 •

Old lady rants about AI, eats gruel

People's brains are atrophying, nobody cares that generative AI is theft, and we're all going to die.

May 15 •

The story has changed

We're being force-fed a new American narrative—and our homo sapiens minds are spinning.

Mar 16 •

I need a poem to get me through this sh*tshow

And maybe you do, too.

Jul 17, 2024 •

Menopause, mansplained.

Time travel with me to 1971 for the answers you've been waiting for

Aug 22, 2024 •

I've got a few executive orders of my own

Two can play at this game, a**hole.

Jan 22 •

It's different this time around.

My plan for sanity, service, and joy during Trump 2.0. What's yours?

Nov 20, 2024 •

Pointing with the sword of truth

C. Michael Curtis wrote awfully good rejection letters.

Jan 15, 2023 •

Six upsides of an empty nest—I hope

I'm trying to look on the bright side of my kids heading off to college.

Feb 25 •

Books to give YOURSELF for the holidays

Because you deserve it, dammit.

Dec 9, 2024 •

I'm a loser, baby.

(But please don't kill me.) I just feel like I'm...losing things.

Jun 9 •

A supposedly fun thing I'm about to do

It's a cruise. I'm going on a cruise.

Jun 21 •

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