Hi!

I'm Sharon (they/them), and I’m a Seattle-based essayist and cultural theorist. As an independent curator and owner of Bridge Productions/LxWxH (now closed), my writing and research around contemporary art and artists has been deeply informed by themes in critical and cultural theory, philosophy, cultural histories, queerness, enchantment, and animism. Now, the scope of my work has expanded to emphasize the presence and context of these themes in politics and everyday life, and to advocate for relational approaches that inspire cultural and community actions in solidarity towards better futures.

My interest is in positioning theory, cultural histories, philosophy, and politics as inseparable and critical tools for fostering reflection, activism, community-building, and connection. My work continues to drive conversations about the role of these themes alongside the potential of animism and culturally-rooted spiritual practices in shaping meaningful connections across communities​—seen and unseen, animal, mineral, vegetal, and celestial—to ask questions about the urgent issues of our time, and seek viable actions in response to them. I’m queer, genderfluid, AuDHD, and disabled; all lived experiences that also deeply informs my work.

My hope is that these patterns of connectivity become apparent and exciting to you too, and that collectively we can all begin to bring together a multitude of ways of thinking, living, and being that modern and postmodern systems and structures have severed and set apart. It is in the bringing together again, and coming together to do it (in my opinion) that we will truly begin to see the work of liberation come to fruition.

Why subscribe?

I've been thinking hard about what it means to be a person who values resource sharing and ideas exchange, and the problems of putting the conversations I want to have behind a paywall. So now, all my essays are available to everyone, whether a paid or a free subscriber. But! Your paid subscription, whether monthly or founding member, lets me know you value and have faith in my work. That motivates me because the more paid subscribers I have, the more able I am to set aside the time to do this work—as a freelancer to pay the bills, I often have to choose between working for someone else and researching and writing on my own topics, which are featured here. But mostly, offering this content for free and putting my faith in you to support me outside the producer/consumer binary, and pressure to create even at the cost of quality, means that I’m living up to my ideals and ethics to create as much good thoughtful work and access to idea and resource-sharing as as possible, and that we are on good standing with each other in conversation and community.

At some point, I’ll open up a Library tab, where I’ll be adding a living list of resources, and a worksheet for the monthly topic with journaling prompts for reflection and self-paced study.

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I’m doing my best to write something at least twice a month, but full disclosure, I dwell in the space of crip time and I will miss a post here and there—but you won’t have to worry about missing anything. Every essay I publish goes directly to your inbox.

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Be part of a community of people who share your interests, and a few who are different, too! We are artists, writers, craftsmen, musicians; thinkers, teachers, construction workers, tradesmen, philosophers; technologists, coders, and engineers; witches, sorcerers, and magicians; activists, abolitionists, social workers, and anarchists; kids, parents, aunties, niblings, piblings, grandkids, and grandparents. We’re here together because we’re just all curious about everything, and we like sharing about it. If you’re shy, don’t worry, you don’t have to join the discussion. But you’re welcome to, when/if/ever you feel ready to.

To find out more about the company that provides the tech for this publication visit Substack.com.

I can also be found on Instagram and Threads. I have a Blue Sky account but I don’t know how I feel about it yet, especially after the more expansive character count on Threads and Mastodon where I also am but couldn’t quite pick up. We’ll see where the social media dust settles but for now the first two are my main digital social spaces.

Four times a year, 10% of my earnings go to local and national Indigenous-led direct action, and once my paid membership grows to $100/month, I’ll start sending contributions on a monthly basis. I encourage you to seek out similar donations, rent, tax, or land trust programs and initiatives in your own areas! 

Indigenous Climate Action
Native Governance Center, Beyond Land Acknowledgment: A Guide
Native Land Digital
Native Land, Territory Acknowledgement Resources
Nii’kinaaganaa Foundation
​Partnership with Native Americans
Public Resources for Land Acknowledgement Learning
Real Rent Duwamish
R.I.S.E. Indigenous
Seattle Urban Native Nonprofits
yəhaw̓ Indigenous Creatives Collective