They tell you, politely, that the world is what it is: messy, dangerous, and therefore to be managed by people who have seen the maps and read the books. Questioning the necessity of weapons that can erase cities, nuclear weapons, the all-consuming instruments of modern statecraft, will earn you a […]
Author: Shumaila Khan
Man of Steel , Feet of clay
Three centuries ago, came the first stories of beings with impossible strength: gods, titans, monsters. They were warnings, wishes, and/or ways to make sense of the chaos and cruelty. Three decades ago, superheroes took their place: vigilantes, orphaned billionaires, aliens in capes, radioactive teenagers who flooded comic books and movie […]
Doing It Scared
They never tell you that most good things start in fear. And that is the problem. Not the dramatic, life-or-death kind of fear, but the quiet, shaky, what-if-I’m-wrong kind. The fear that sits in your stomach when you try to do something bigger than yourself, something uncertain, something uninvited. The […]
