jen kinneyTake Em Down: An AddendumLast week, I wrote about the city of New Orleans’ decision to remove the first of four monuments to the Confederacy and white supremacy in…May 9, 2017May 9, 2017
jen kinneyThe AHCA: 19th Century Medicine TodayMedicine is not practiced on or by neutral bodies, never has been.May 9, 2017May 9, 2017
jen kinneyThe Ghost GridThere’s a second city mapped invisibly over the streets of Philadelphia, a ghost grid of boundaries.Sep 18, 2016Sep 18, 2016
jen kinneyNew York may have grandeur, but Philadelphia’s intimateOn the Wednesday before my 26th birthday, Steve and I took a trip to New York. Besides picking up bagels in a far corner of Queens on our…Sep 18, 2016Sep 18, 2016
jen kinneyA female geographyI change the way I walk around my neighborhood with men in mind.Sep 12, 2016Sep 12, 2016
jen kinneyWhat I write when I don’t want to writeI once told a friend that when I don’t know what to write but can’t fend off the urge to put pen to paper, I critique myself. I make plans…Sep 9, 2016Sep 9, 2016
jen kinneyClenched jaw / mouth guardI know I clenched my jaw last night because I woke tonguing swollen little ridges behind my top front teeth from where my mouth guard was…Sep 7, 2016Sep 7, 2016
jen kinneyShapes in the cloudsAfter two weeks of writing and publishing daily (except last Saturday), I’ve noticed I’m feeling calmer, more fulfilled, more “coherent” (a…Sep 6, 2016Sep 6, 2016
jen kinneyLiberty bellEarlier this week I tried to visit the African American Museum of Philadelphia to see an exhibit of photography on solitary confinement…Sep 2, 2016Sep 2, 2016
jen kinneySlow transformationI’ve never been one for slow transformations. That’s usually the failure of my best laid plans. Want to start a new routine? Do it every…Sep 1, 2016Sep 1, 2016