The ‘Featured’ List: Counter Arts Dec’24-March’25

Catch up on some favourite pieces of writing (first to last)

Sadie Seroxcat

2 min readApr 1, 2025

Bilingual Ballet and the International Magic of ‘The Nutcracker’

The Arts are for everyone, every season.

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The Spectrum of Silence

How language shapes and misshapes the space between us

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It’s Scary to Come Out as Transgender to Romantic Partners

There’s an insinuation that trans people are less desirable than cis people

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On Pseudonyms, Mental Health and Identity

Sadie — who is she?

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January

Reclaim Woke in 2025

Make consciousness American again

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Review: ‘From Ground Zero’ Represents A Monumental Achievement For Palestinian Cinema

Much more than a cry for help, the anthology from 22 Palestinian filmmakers shows their resilience in the face of…

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Los Angeles Is the American Dream Made Manifest

As the city that made all my dreams come true continues to burn, a few thoughts on what has always made it so great…

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‘Les Misérables’ (1862) By Victor Hugo

The masterpiece that shaped the young man in 1982

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Fuck It All, and Write

The defiant art of bleeding onto the page

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February

A Personal Revolution

I choose isolation and I choose beauty

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How I Overcame Racial Fawning

Pulling back the curtain on racialized inferiority

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Kindly Yours, with Negative Capability

(in memory of Marianne Faithfull, 1946–2025)

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How Leontyne Price Beat the Odds

It took a lot more than the gene pool she shares with Dionne Warwick and Whitney Houston to turn the opera star into…

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March

The Open Mic Night

The last stronghold of art

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Photo Journal: Kibera Karma

Maybe the best two hours of my photographic life

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The Not So Revolutionary Idea of Finding Your People

Community is vital. Can we survive the incoming mass loneliness?

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OpenAI Model Writes Literary Metafiction on Grief and AI. An Analysis

Sam Altman said he was “really struck” by it. I was more confused than struck, which is why I was driven to unpick it.

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The ‘Featured’ List: Counter Arts Dec’24-March’25

Catch up on some favourite pieces of writing (first to last)

Bilingual Ballet and the International Magic of ‘The Nutcracker’

The Arts are for everyone, every season.

The Spectrum of Silence

How language shapes and misshapes the space between us

It’s Scary to Come Out as Transgender to Romantic Partners

There’s an insinuation that trans people are less desirable than cis people

On Pseudonyms, Mental Health and Identity

Sadie — who is she?

Reclaim Woke in 2025

Make consciousness American again

Review: ‘From Ground Zero’ Represents A Monumental Achievement For Palestinian Cinema

Much more than a cry for help, the anthology from 22 Palestinian filmmakers shows their resilience in the face of…

Los Angeles Is the American Dream Made Manifest

As the city that made all my dreams come true continues to burn, a few thoughts on what has always made it so great…

‘Les Misérables’ (1862) By Victor Hugo

The masterpiece that shaped the young man in 1982

Fuck It All, and Write

The defiant art of bleeding onto the page

A Personal Revolution

I choose isolation and I choose beauty

How I Overcame Racial Fawning

Pulling back the curtain on racialized inferiority

Kindly Yours, with Negative Capability

(in memory of Marianne Faithfull, 1946–2025)

How Leontyne Price Beat the Odds

It took a lot more than the gene pool she shares with Dionne Warwick and Whitney Houston to turn the opera star into…

The Open Mic Night

The last stronghold of art

Photo Journal: Kibera Karma

Maybe the best two hours of my photographic life

The Not So Revolutionary Idea of Finding Your People

Community is vital. Can we survive the incoming mass loneliness?

OpenAI Model Writes Literary Metafiction on Grief and AI. An Analysis

Sam Altman said he was “really struck” by it. I was more confused than struck, which is why I was driven to unpick it.

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Written by Sadie Seroxcat

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