We Hunted the Mammoth, reporting for duty

So I’m back. Again. Hello! 

I’ve kind of been in hiding for a while. But no more. 

Here’s the thing. The thing is Trump. When Trump was elected again back in November I fell into a deep funk for several months, feeling unable to respond. I retreated from the world, from social media, and from my recently relaunched YouTube channel. When he took power in January, I felt utterly overwhelmed by the speed and audacity with which he transformed himself into a no-longer-aspiring dictator. And I was demoralized by the pathetic non-response of the Democrats and the lack of widespread public opposition. I was too depressed and worried to even engage with the news on a daily basis. 

But over the last several weeks, something has changed in me. The “Hands Off” protests on April 6 rekindled hope that a real opposition to Trump could emerge. Then Trump’s tariffs sent the country (and quite possibly the whole world) into a strange and surreal crisis. And then things somehow got even worse. I realized that shutting down was no longer an option; I need to do what I can to stand up to Trump and to the culture that brought him into office for a second time. And the best way I have of doing that is by restarting the blog, offering analysis and engaging with readers as alarmed by our current situation as I am.

The blog will be a bit different than it was in its last incarnation. Instead of focusing mostly on daily “reaction” posts to terrible manosphere crap–the sort of thing that burned me out the first time–I’ll be posting mostly longer and more analytical pieces, hopefully several times a week, on broader issues relating to misogyny and gender issues that help to explain our current climate. (No more posts on the floridly hateful commentary of individual assholes on Incels.is; I think we’ve seen enough of those.) I will also be posting, at least for a while, reviews of books and other resources that can help us to understand what got this country into this mess and what we can do about it. 

As for my temporarily paused YouTube channel, I do intend to return to it, though I may change the format a little in a way that I think will make the videos both easier to make and more engaging. And with fewer of the flashy glitchy cuts that I don’t think anyone liked as much as I did. 

Stay tuned for the first posts on the new(est) We Hunted the Mammoth! 

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