the substack formerly known as "sicker/sickest" (2019-2021) evolved into the tragically-named placeholder "porochistatimes (2022-2025)
"chertopert" feels like we're getting hotter; it is one of those feral/playful Persian words for "nonsense."
Our collective imaginations are rooting into the fertile ground of outrage and grief, sprouting into acts of hope, and blooming into many possible futures. Here, find essays, offerings, and prompts for living your life wide awake and shaping change.
